Girl Scouts Camp Tongawood

BNIM is currently working with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas Northwest Missouri to develop a Vision and Concept Design for their Camp Tongawood property in Tonganoxie, Kansas. This 76-acre camp is envisioned as a regional hub for STEAM learning that will offer a variety of immersive indoor and outdoor educational experiences that inspire, challenge, and empower girls. The team is working with the Girl Scouts to support this vision by designing buildings and environments as teaching tools integrated with nature, including a new STEAM Learning Center, Lodge and Pool, Year-Round Cabins, and a Wetland Outdoor Learning Pavilion. The STEAM Learning Center, Lodge, and Cabins will be designed targeting Net Zero Energy by incorporating high performance building envelope strategies, efficient HVAC systems, and opportunities for renewable solar systems. The project will provide the camp with a nature-based wastewater treatment system, creating new opportunities to expand the camp’s current outdoor applied learning activities focused on life sciences and technology.