BLACK O'DOWD & ASSOCIATES, INC. dba BOA ARCHITECTURE

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BOA Architecture EXISTING AERIAL OF NEW AND RENOVATED FACILITIES Relevant Experience Project: Youth Activity -Teen Center, Construction Cost: $1,400,000 Owner: City of Sierra Madre, CA Project Description: A new "state of the art" facility dedicated to teenagers of Sierra Madre, it will meet their recreational and social needs, and also provide after -school "intervention" programs. It was designed specifically for teens, to give them "their own place, their "clubhouse" on the second floor over an existing community center. In outreach meetings with the teens„ the teens decided that it should be a "tree house" just for teenagers. This second floor addition was nestled among oak trees, incorporated articulated knee braces (representing tree branches) and fiber cement siding & generous roof eave overhangs into a contemporary expression of craftsman mot'rf to achieve Lhe "tree house' appearance. The architecture was also sensitive to the surrounding residential craftsman style and the architecture of the existing building on the first floor, by matching the existing horizontal red brick and low pitched wood gable roof. This facility included a large multi -purpose game room, other rooms for homework, computer labs, teen counseling, staff office, skateboard storage, arts and crafts, kitchen for cooking crafts and snacks, and outdoor gardening and gathering areas. Playful colors and shapes dominate the interior. Large corner windows provided panoramic views of the City park grounds. The new second floor addition was built independent of the roof structure below to allow current City programs to remain operational during construction, and to save money on needless demolition and rework of the existing first floor. The first floor was also renovated for ADA compliance that included retrofit restrooms, new ramps, reception counter, and new doors.