Arnold Palmer Learning Center
The First Tee-Pittsburgh’s Arnold Palmer Learning Center was designed to support youth development programs that teach life skills and character education through the game of golf. To this end, the design of the new facility was driven by inclusivity, to welcome children of all backgrounds within Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. In order to preserve the cultural importance of this site and to ensure that the new facility would serve the community’s needs, the design team led a series of community engagement workshops to identify mission critical goals. Working with a variety of stakeholders, interactive exercises established an understanding of programmatic goals. Through an iterative design campaign, proof-of-concept studies were reviewed with the community to allow all voices to be heard. The co-creative process was driven by the vision to create a socially and educationally engaging place for the community that transcends generational and socioeconomic boundaries – a place for all.
Details
Category: Medium Architecture
Architecture Firm: R3A Architecture
Project Team: Deepak Wadhwani, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP; Patrick Russell, AIA; Barbara Pschirer, NCIDQ, IIDA, WELL AP
Client: The First Tee-Pittsburgh
Contractor: Massaro Corporation, Steven Massaro - General Contractor
Engineers: D'Appolonia Engineering, Adam McCullough - Civil Engineer; CJL Engineering, Jim Vizzini - MEP Engineer; Atlantic Engineering Services, Gilbert Kaufman - Structural Engineer;
Photographer: Ed Rombout
Landscape Architect: Moore Design Associates, Sara Moore - Landscape Architect
Consultants: H.F. Lenz Company, Thomas Deter - Commissioning Agent