The forms came from the concept of the new environment. I was introducing a new ideal of a tree canopy made of steel and concrete. I used the tiered landscape as pieces to create a interactive barriers between event areas, allowing for multiple events to be held at the community center without the normal hindering and blocking that walls create.
Using this forced landscape to create interaction between community members was a crucial part of the project.Interactive spaces were created, where people can use one half as seating for the pool and on the other side it is used as stadium seating for the amphitheater. The landscape also provides the urban resident the option to hike up and around the landscape, but also to climb along the shear drops in and around the different parts of program.
I chose to separate the program into the large programmable pieces: Workout Center, Water/Pool Area, and Cultural Center. With my Site Analysis I did, I chose that the area could have the cultural elements pair with community elements, so those programs were set together while things like the "Water Box" and the "Workout Center" were raised above the community
Tremont Community Center
To create a HUB in an urban scape, it is important to deconstruct what exactly creates a HUB specific to Tremont. I found that three things are very important: Flexibility, Interactivity, and Openness. The building features tall open spaces with an availability to exterior lighting, which is to fulfill the Openness element. Finally, the building has such a vast scape that most anything can happen in several multipurpose locations, such as the a relaxation space, yoga be performed on the tiers of the topographic elements, or using these tiered elements as stadium seating for various events, or even using the exterior pool area as an ice skating rink during the winter months, which applies to the Flexibility element.
