Hutton embeds off-grid research station into hills of rural Kansas

Bands of local stone wrap the Youngmeyer Field Station, which was designed and built by Kansas studio Hutton to integrate with the natural topography and operate off the grid.
Located in eastern Kansas, the building sits within the 4,700-acre (1,902-hectare) Youngmeyer Ranch, which is an active cattle ranch and research site for Wichita State University.
Youngmeyer Field Station is an off-grid research centre
The area's plants, animals, soils and waterways are of interest to researchers, particu