SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

Chicago
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
照片 © Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang Architect
建筑师
Studio Gang
位置
Chicago
年份
2008

Thinking of change as a liberating architectural opportunity rather than a limitation led to the original design of the SOS Lavezzorio Community Center. As the central hub of SOS Children’s Village Chicago, an organization in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood that serves foster care families, the building combines services for foster care and neighborhood families under one roof.

With its limited budget, contributions and in-kind donations were necessary to complete the Center. The building’s main “strata-wall” (made of varying mixes of concrete cast into wavy horizontal layers) preserves and reveals the complex donation system that shaped the project. It also demonstrates the material properties of concrete by exposing its liquid nature.

Inside the building, multi-faceted, naturally lit public spaces encourage a range of learning opportunities and social interaction. An extra-wide bleacher stair in the lobby doubles as classroom seating and an impromptu stage for performance, while a large community room on the second floor serves as classroom, exercise room, and meeting space.

相关项目

  • Shanghai Suhe MixC World
    KOKAISTUDIOS
  • Welcome to the Stage!
    Kjellander Sjöberg
  • Hovering Kan-Too – Great Bay Area Center Showroom
    Wutopia Lab
  • Stockwell-Rodríguez Residence
    Belmont Freeman Architects
  • Haunsbergstraße | 1. Preis
    Architektinnen Schremmer.Jell ZT GmbH

杂志

以下出品方的其他项目 Studio Gang

Beloit Powerhouse
Beloit
Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
Kalamazoo
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park
Chicago, IL
University of Chicago Campus North
Chicago
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Little Rock, AR