West Facade
“To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.”
The foundation of the project is inherited from the program for the project. The program has a clear regulation of spatial divisions of the different groups. The teen spaces and child spaces are desired to be separate from each other. Within the separation of spatial groupings, there is a special opportunity to unite all the groups in the Boys and Girls Club in the gym space. The gym is the heart of the Boys and Girls Club and is the epicenter of activity and interaction. The gym is a multi-use space that could be used for sports such as basketball, soccer, or kickball. It could also be used for theater performances to serve as a stage with a small audience. The gym is also the dining area as it can be a place for socializing as the members enjoy their snacks. The program has a strong connection to the overall layout and form of the building to best serve everyone involved.
Parti Progression: Gym & Mixed Use
Parti Progression: Administration & Entry
Parti Progression: Teen's Level
Parti Progression: Children's Level
Parti Final: Circulation to Connect
West Elevation of Entry
West Entry
South Elevation of Cantilever
One key element of the design is the ability to create a physical connection between Missouri Street and Ohio Street. With the 25'x 142' lot left untouched on the ground. The overhang from the building helps reach out and define the path to break up the urban fabric and allow for a connection between the main street to the city park and the pool. There is a ramped portion that is a slow enough ramp, it does not require any sort of railing. On either side of this path, there are concrete slabs with seating areas for people to sit and gather. Under the overhang, the building protects people from the harsh heat of the sun and allows for an area to cool off and still gather and talk outside. Built into the columns are artificial lights to still allow light in the dark crevasses that would normally be there. On the opposite side of that path is another seating area that is exposed to sunlight, so on early fall days, that seating area can be used. The variety of seating types allows for the physical connection to also be a place of interaction no matter the time of the year.
Cantilever Pathway
Site Plan
First Floor Plan
Key
1. Entry Vestibule
2. Lobby
3. Reception Area
4. Janitorial Storage
5. Administration Storage
6. Unisex Bathroom
7. Gym
8. Gym Storage
9. Teaching Kitchen
2. Lobby
3. Reception Area
4. Janitorial Storage
5. Administration Storage
6. Unisex Bathroom
7. Gym
8. Gym Storage
9. Teaching Kitchen
Second Floor Plan
Key
10. Extended Teen Activity Space
11. Offices
12. ADA Bathroom Stalls
13. Open Office
14. Conference Room/Break Room
15. Breakout Rooms
16. Teen Gathering Space
17. Maker space
18. Teen Girl’s Bathroom
19. Teen Boy’s Bathroom
20. Teen Storage
21. Teen Active Space
11. Offices
12. ADA Bathroom Stalls
13. Open Office
14. Conference Room/Break Room
15. Breakout Rooms
16. Teen Gathering Space
17. Maker space
18. Teen Girl’s Bathroom
19. Teen Boy’s Bathroom
20. Teen Storage
21. Teen Active Space
Third Floor Plan
Key
22. Classroom
23. Exterior Classroom
24. Younger Children Play Space
25. Exterior Children Play Space
26. Older Children Play Space
27. Creative Area
28. Girl’s Children's Bathroom
29. Boy’s Children's Bathroom
30. Children's Storage
31. Quiet Space
32. Exterior Area for Staff
23. Exterior Classroom
24. Younger Children Play Space
25. Exterior Children Play Space
26. Older Children Play Space
27. Creative Area
28. Girl’s Children's Bathroom
29. Boy’s Children's Bathroom
30. Children's Storage
31. Quiet Space
32. Exterior Area for Staff
Section Perspective of Cantilever
Section Perspective of Gym
Section Perspective of Gym
Wall Section of Limestone Cladding
Exploded Axonometric of Structure
The structure for the Boys and Girls Club is a steel frame structure that is set up on a 30'x30' grid of columns with 18'' deep girders supplemented with beams divided every 10'. The truss used in the gym is a truss that is 2.5' deep while having the structure of the roof formed by another truss running in the opposite direction as well. The material palette was selected for a multitude of reasons. The exterior facades are mostly made up of limestone cladding formed by a 2'x8''x3'' module that is bolted into a metal stud wall. The limestone claddings' immediate purpose is to relate to the surrounding downtown area which mainly consists of old masonry and stone. The smooth 1'' thick cladding is put onto the frame but operated as a more modern smooth limestone but still creates a relationship with the surrounding site context as the diamond-shaped cladding pops out 3'' to help create a more rough and rigid façade to relate to the surrounding context. It serves to connect the past and future in one form. The modular cladding is oriented vertically to help facilitate the vertical nature of the building and create a relationship with the vertical louvers as a more balanced composition on the west façade. On the sloped part down on the south façade, there is a more contemporary use of a smoothed block of limestone that fades from the bottom of the site to the top where it becomes the limestone cladding. This material palette is supplemented by blue-tinted glass and aluminum mullions, screens, and louvers.
Multi-Use Gym
One conceptual idea used within the development of spatial experiences is the use of shapes as spatial definitions. Spaces, where circles are used, are spaces that are more passive as inferred by the tranquility and calm nature related to a circle. Meanwhile, triangles contain more energy and have a more active nature related to them. Triangles are used in the main spaces of play and activities, such as the gym and the children's interior and exterior play spaces.
Interior Play Area
