SOS Children's
Villages Chicago, Architect, Photos, Design, Location, US, Date
Key American Building by Studio Gang Architects
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Lavezzorio Community Center
: Chicago Architecture
SOS Childrens Villages: LAVEZZORIO COMMUNITY CENTER
Address: 7600 S. Parnell Chicago USA
Architect: Studio Gang Architects
Completion: 2008
Photographs: Hedrich Blessing
Project Description:
The SOS community center combines services for foster care families and
neighborhood families in one building. SOS is an international not-for-profit
agency committed to training foster parents and reuniting siblings.
Multi-faceted public spaces in the building encourage a range of learning
opportunities and social interaction. An extra-wide stair in the lobby
doubles as classroom seating and an impromptu stage for performance. A
large community room on the second floor serves as classroom, exercise
room and meeting space. Daycare classrooms on the ground floor are oriented
around and have direct access to a sunlit outdoor play area.
Working with budget constraints led to a design that expresses its materiality
in a direct way. Concrete is layered in bands with color variation to
reveal its liquid nature.
SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center Chicago images
/ text from Studio Gang Architects 080808