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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Martin Hopp Architect PLLC.

Location: Hempstead, New York, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 8/26/2025
Program type(s): Education - K-12 School
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 35,000
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 97,250 (inc. covered soccer pitch)
Project substantial completion date: 8/26/2025
Climate zone: 4A
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: Owners Representation: Cresa
Architect: Martin Hopp Architect PLLC
Engineer - Civil: Langan
Engineer - MEP: WSP USA Buildings, Inc.
Engineer - Structural: WSP USA Buildings, Inc.
Exterior Enclosure: Entuitive
Acoustics: Cerami
Lighting Design: Lighting Beyond
Food Service: Corsi
Code and Accessibility Consulting: Jensen Hughes Inc.
Specifications: GTurner Specifications, LLC
Landscape Design: Martin Hopp Architect PLLC
Planting and Specifications: Hortus Environmental Design, Inc.
Low Voltage / Security / AV: Cenero
Construction Manager: Consigli Construction Co. Inc.
CLT Design Assist: KLH
Glulam Design Assist: South County Post & Beam

Project Overview:
The mass timber Evergreen Charter School is a model for how sustainable, community-oriented design excellence is possible even in the nation's most marginalized communities. Built to LEED Platinum, net-zero, and Healthy Building standards, the building integrates classrooms, art studios, laboratories, and rooftop learning spaces within a daylight-filled, biophilic environment. With information stations about embodied carbon and exposed mass timber structure, the building itself acts as a teaching tool about sustainability. At night and on weekends, it doubles as a community center, creating a much-needed civic space in a neighborhood where average incomes are 57% below the national average.

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