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SOS Children's Villages Illinois
SOS Children's Villages Illinois
Chicago, IL, United States
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SOS Children's Villages Illinois
Chicago, IL, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
The design for the new SOS Children’s Villages Illinois and Maestro Cares Community Center exemplifies a unification of SOS’s child-fostering mission with the surrounding family “villages” of the Roosevelt Square community. The prominent corner site along the active Blue Island Avenue, just south and west of Chicago’s downtown area, will welcome engagement with adjacent residential neighborhoods while presenting a positive and compelling outward image to the public.
Proud to be the first public building in Chicago to fully utilize, and gained permit to use, Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), a renewable and reusable material. JGMA’s design is a physical manifestation of the forward-thinking nature of the SOS Children’s Villages organization. In the roof, Solar panels are located to generate direct electricity to the center, reducing electricity costs and CO2 emissions. Inside the blue corrugated metal panel one-story building, a dialogue is fostered between private programming: administrative and counseling offices; and more open, collective, and communal programs: group computer and study areas, a community event space, and a learning kitchen. Every room and open space enjoy the views to the new landscape around the building. This new outside design is integrated by new plants, a new playground that follows the building aesthetics and community garden for the neighborhood.
SOS Children’s Villages Illinois will be well served by public transportation (CTA 60 bus and Blue and Pink rapid transit line stations), automobile, bicycle and pedestrian access. Through these many modes of accessing the new location, the SOS Children’s Villages will participate in and augment the vibrancy of the existing neighborhood. Processional approaches to the building through a public plaza and community gardens also contribute to a sense of arrival, while establishing a positive street presence, clear site circulation and community-oriented outdoor gathering. Ultimately, this new center facilitates and encourages community interaction, while providing for safe and comfortable facilities for children, families and staff.
Proud to be the first public building in Chicago to fully utilize, and gained permit to use, Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), a renewable and reusable material. JGMA’s design is a physical manifestation of the forward-thinking nature of the SOS Children’s Villages organization. In the roof, Solar panels are located to generate direct electricity to the center, reducing electricity costs and CO2 emissions. Inside the blue corrugated metal panel one-story building, a dialogue is fostered between private programming: administrative and counseling offices; and more open, collective, and communal programs: group computer and study areas, a community event space, and a learning kitchen. Every room and open space enjoy the views to the new landscape around the building. This new outside design is integrated by new plants, a new playground that follows the building aesthetics and community garden for the neighborhood.
SOS Children’s Villages Illinois will be well served by public transportation (CTA 60 bus and Blue and Pink rapid transit line stations), automobile, bicycle and pedestrian access. Through these many modes of accessing the new location, the SOS Children’s Villages will participate in and augment the vibrancy of the existing neighborhood. Processional approaches to the building through a public plaza and community gardens also contribute to a sense of arrival, while establishing a positive street presence, clear site circulation and community-oriented outdoor gathering. Ultimately, this new center facilitates and encourages community interaction, while providing for safe and comfortable facilities for children, families and staff.
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