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
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