Design

Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center: Floor Plan (upper left), Construction (upper right), Exterior (lower left), Interior (lower right). NPS Images.

Design-Bid-Build (DBB)

Design-Build (DB)

Requirements & Criteria

Design Standards

Design Deliverables - Content and Format Requirements

Quality Assurance (QA) Guideline & Review Checklists

 

Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

The visitor and research center consists of two main building components: the 7,400 square foot Visitor Information Center and the 16,300 square foot Curatorial Center. This high-performance building complex demonstrates the use of energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, recycling, and environmentally preferable materials. The curation facility incorporated special envelope and mechanical systems to preserve over 3 million artifacts. In addition the on-site renewable energy systems are capable of offsetting 95% of the building energy requirements.