Environmental Traveling Companions American River Camp
PROJECT LOCATION:
Coloma
SCOPE:
Main meeting hall, caretaker's cabin, bathhouse and outdoor kitchen
KEY FEATURES:
Unhewn logs from trees native to site
Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that gives low-income and disabled kids a chance to experience exciting outdoor adventures. For the ETC American River program's base camp, we designed four buildings: an outdoor kitchen, a main meeting hall, a caretaker's cabin, and a bathhouse. We sited and designed the buildings to blend gracefully with their wooded riverside setting while granting easy access to disabled users. Building materials include unhewn logs harvested through a fire-prevention program from trees native to the site.
