Phase
I
Completed: 1999
Cost: $3.5 million
Phase II
Completed: 2001
Cost: $4.8 million
After conducting extensive research and evaluation, Kells + Craig
Architects prepared a comprehensive master plan and program for
this prototype facility that co-locates a number of different community
services. To integrate these services and provide the maximum opportunity
for shared uses, the design organizes them along a curved indoor
street. A curving textured masonry wall, reminiscent of those
at Chaco Canyon, defines the street. Light from a continuous skylight
slot animates the wall throughout the course of the day and the
year.
The building includes health and social services, administration,
classrooms, meeting rooms, a branch library, a multipurpose room,
a recreational center with a gymnasium, computer classrooms,
arts and crafts rooms and a Child Development Center. |