The Discovery Center of Springfield is an interactive, hands-on museum committed to inspiring people of all ages with a life-long love of learning and an appreciation of the world and our place in it. H Design was responsible for a 30,000 sq. ft. addition designed to enhance interaction and educational awareness through means of exhibits, classrooms, and administrative offices within a tangible palette that allows user involvement. The building addition acts as a large exhibit that can be experienced from both the interior and exterior.

This addition to the Discovery Center was the first building in southwest Missouri to be submitted to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system for Gold Certification. The incorporation of a roof garden, day-lighting design, water recycling and collection, extensive energy reduction, and solar energy collection are some of the elements and facets that are exhibited in making this new facility environmentally sensitive and consistent to the guidelines of making this structure green.