The Hangar at Kenmore Town Square, Washington Community Centre, New Property Images, Architecture
The Hangar at Kenmore Town Square, Washington
Contemporary Visitors Attraction, WA, USA – design by Graham Baba Architects
Mar 7, 2018
The Hangar at Kenmore Town Square
Design: Graham Baba Architects
Location: Kenmore, Washington, USA
The Hangar at Kenmore Town Square

The 4,600-square-foot Hangar and 24,000-square-foot Town Square provide a year-round focal point and a symbolic living room for the city. Located in the heart of downtown, the complex touches upon the pri-mal notions of gathering, creating a venue for passive and active recreation while ensuring a home for nature in the rapidly growing community.

The Hangar, conceived as a pavilion, is designed to morph depending upon weather or functional requirements. Simple and large, the space opens to the Town Square via a 24-foot-wide by 16-foot-tall bi-fold window wall. When open, the large roof overhang provides protection from rain and sun, and enables parents easy access to their kids playing in the adjacent 14,000-square-foot plaza.
The plaza features a fountain and heated rocks to encourage people to linger in inclement weather. The inverted roof lifts up from the building to gesture toward the park and adjacent thoroughfare, with the residual gap between building and roof becoming a dramatic clerestory.

At night, the extensive glazing transforms the shelter into a lantern. Inside, the structure includ...