A conceptual design proposal to transform the Purnell Center for the Arts into a Sustainable building includes vines growing on façade with trees and major eco roof planting. Not realized.

Faculty were given an exhibit in Regina Gouger Miller Gallery within Purnell Center for the Arts, a barren new building on the Carnegie Mellon campus surrounded by barren landscape plus huge hard-edged box atop (theatre fly-space) In response to this stark edifice a proposed green 'revision' to integrate natural and built environment and incorporate ecological systems with building program to create healthy learning environment, grow the building, soften the edges, reuse waste water, generate power from sun, eco-roof to insulate, absorb water, create habitat, clean air, etc.