SOUTH VALLEY MULTI-PURPOSE
FAMILY SERVICES CENTER
Bernalillo County

Located in the Atrisco area of Albuquerque’s South Valley, the building will serve as a cultural center to celebrate this more than 300 year-old historically rich community.  The building’s mixed uses include multi-purpose areas, classrooms, a computer lab, an art gallery, arts and crafts areas, dining and kitchen facilities, a licensed adult day-care facility, and community gardens.  To seamlessly integrate this array of disparate uses, we have designed the multi-purpose areas and circulation areas to be highly flexible with sophisticated provisions for acoustic privacy, security and access control.

The structure is broken down into small “pavilions” to fit within the context of its residential neighborhood.  “Green” features include: deep overhangs strategically placed to improve passive solar performance, harvesting water to cisterns for landscape irrigation, skylights and clerestory windows to provide ample daylight in each space, xeric landscaping, and operable windows.