This complex will serve as a place to employ full time environmental scientists to educate researchers, young (secondary education level) and old (men and women laid off from the coal mines), in the science of environmental technology with issues designed specifically for the state of West Virginia. This center will be the first of its typology in West Virginia and spawn satellite branches in other locations around the state, including Wheeling and Martinsburg. Some of the primary spaces in my program were to be: At the semi-public level; a generous lobby, a medium sized auditorium, meeting rooms, cafeteria, library, and social spaces, and administrative offices. These spaces will allow for meetings between government and researchers as well as occasional community educational events so security became a primary issue in the building design. The community would only be allowed to enter the auditorium. At the private level were the research spaces (at various sizes), classrooms, and research offices.