Terrain Work Begins Work on Whipple Family Forest Education Center

Terrain Work is delighted to announce we are working on the landscape for the new Whipple Family Forest Education Center at the University of Arkansas’s Garvan Gardens. This project is a collaboration with the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture, led by Dean Peter MacKeith, and the Urban Design Studio, led by Architecture Professor and Department Head John Folan, with Modus Studio Architects.

The Whipple Family Forest Education Center will be a multipurpose structure that places visitors “in the forest” so that they are “of the forest.” Constructed from Arkansas-sourced wood and timber, a mass timber canopy will hover above an open plan providing a series of flexible interior and exterior spaces that will physically demonstrate the value of Arkansas’ forest and timber industries. 

The Whipple Center will support participatory exhibitions integrating technology, art and culture as mechanisms for enhanced forest education while reinforcing the mission of Garvan Woodland Gardens as an outreach center of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. The center will house the permanent Clark Family Exhibition in Timber and Wood, as well as the active public and educational programming for a forest and sustainability institute. We are Happy to be a part of the team for this special project!