Reggie Rodriguez Community Center in Montebello
Reggie Rodriguez Community Center, Los Angeles Project, Californian Public Building, US Architecture Images
Reggie Rodriguez Community Center in Montebello
LA Building Development in California, USA – design by Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Sep 7, 2018
Reggie Rodriguez Community Center
Design: Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Location: Montebello, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Reggie Rodriguez Community Center
The community center was conceived as a physical expression of the often perilous passage from adolescence to maturity. A combination of active and reflective experiences are present from porous public spaces extending out into the park, to the more introverted and cloistered areas for concentrated work study and growth.
The ambiguity of the building envelope questions the boundary of what lies inside and out; it also establishes an architectural framework of opacity and transparency. The architects positioned the building to encourage ?walk-in? traffic from the park visitors moving along the central sidewalk. The open spaces near the entrance were designed for public programs taking advantage of the Southern California climate, which allows for year-round outdoor activities. The entry is created by a seamless floor surface leading directly into the Center from the adjacent park plaza. All circulation is open to the air, exposed to the elements.
Formally, the building changes dramatically during the course of a day. When the center is open, two large doors roll away, d...
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