Children’s Education Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Design Overview
This educational building functions as a gateway from the built world to the natural environment.
Site Context
Its agricultural location in the Irishtown Bend neighborhood has potential for growth within Cleveland's urban context. Overlapping community spaces enable businesses to be more welcoming to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic; the aggregate building utilizes a conglomeration of spaces to convey this notion.
Systems Integration
The organic void spaces throughout the structure create not only ideal views of the river but create a relaxing atmosphere for areas such as stationary study pods. The aggregate building integrates native foliage into the structure with the use of interior and exterior green walls. Sunlight illuminates public spaces through the filter of vegetation, creating a naturalistic sunshade that emits fragmented sunlight, thereby creating a relaxing and calm environment throughout the structure.
