MAKING MOUNDS
This project, a community center that doubles as a flood shelter, maintains a stark difference between the mounds below and the formal structure above. The mounds seek to guide users to the center of the site then bring them up into the building. By lifting the building above flood level, the mounds, in reference to the protection afforded to the coast by sand dunes, in turn protect the building. This allows the programs made for visitors to the Rockaways, like the market and park, to be more easily accessible. Programmatically, the building is organized around a central opening, and branches out into the different, community oriented spaces.
2021