Dallas, Texas
The Trinity River Audubon Center (TRAC) is the first major development for the Trinity River Corridor Project, a $2 billion City of Dallas public works project. A 120 acre flagship location for the National Audubon Society, TRAC is located just eight minutes from downtown Dallas and is part of the Great Trinity Forest, the largest urban bottomland hardwood forest in the United States. The Center now serves as a gateway to the 6,000 acre Great Trinity Forest and is a testament to designing within the context of the natural environment.
Inspired by nature yet responsive to the urban environment only a few miles away, the Trinity River Audubon Center is designed to allow people, forest, river and wildlife to coexist. It is designed as a shared space for education and passive recreation, connecting the urban community with a green environment that most never realized was there.
This remarkable structure is built on top of reclaimed land from a formerly illegal landfill site. With nature in mind, the facility was constructed for LEED Gold certification - with sustainable features such as site reclamation, a vegetative roof, a rainwater collection system for native landscaping, natural day-lighting, the use of recycled-content and locally manufactured materials, energy-efficient systems and restoration of the natural ecosystem. As visitors enter the forest via this special gateway, they will transition to the river ecosystems and appreciate the uniqueness of this forgotten place.
USGBC LEED Status: Gold Certification
Concrete Contractor: Redi-Mix Concrete
General Contractor: Sedalco
Architect: Brown Reynolds Watford Architects (BRW), Antoine Predock Architect
Owner: City of Dallas
Number of Cubic Yards: 4,300
EF Technology Mixes: 30% fly ash; 50% pier mix
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