Landover Hills Community and Learning Center

For this project my studio worked with the town of Landover Hills, MD, outside of DC, to design a community center for the region that would incorporate specific areas for learning in addition to more standard community spaces. The site on which the building is to sit is heavily sloped, with over a 30 foot drop in elevation. The below site plan shows the community center on the heavily wooded site, and connected to the community via a new circle drive and several proposed foot paths. Adequate parking at nearby lots provide ample parking for the center, so the remaining grounds can be utilized as terraced amphitheater, fitness/jogging paths, and open space for picnics and soccer games.

The motif of learning under the trees is carried to the exterior of the building with abstractions of trees on the facade.

Upper level

Ground level

 Amphitheater floor/ Roof garden level

Track level

Gym level

Transverse section through entrance and upper levels (on upper part of the site).

 Longitudinal section through all levels of community center

Entrance lobby with structural columns acting as trees within a forest.

Roof garden looking surrounded by trees of the site

 Facade study model

Event Spaces

In this project we designed a facade, promenade and monumental room, imagining the events possible within the spaces. Much of this involved use of photomontage to demonstrate realistic use of space. The site for this project was in Washington, DC, on 14th street. All drawings were completed in Illustrator, 3-D models in Rhino, and renderings added in Photoshop. Below is my designed facade within the site context.

Transverse section within the entrance lobby.

Transverse section within the grand room.

 Wall section of the front facade.

 Perspective from inside the grand room.

Ground floor plan. All areas beyond the monumental stair were considered service and poche.

First floor plan to include the grand room.

Reflected ceiling plan of first floor.

Longitudinal section through promenade and grand room.

Section perspective.

Facade model in context

Close up of facade model