Designer: Jeremiah Russell, Assoc. AIA
Project: 2008 Emerging Architects Design Competition - Jacksonville Chapter
Client: Clara White Mission
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
The scope of this competition was to create a Community Center on 11 acres of land on the Northside of Jacksonville, Florida for the Clara White Mission. The complex was to include a senior living center, low income apartments for families, an administration building and the Community Center itself that would include adult education classrooms, a teaching restaurant, recreational space and offices.
Existing on site was an old house, the house of Clara White who started the mission in 1901, that needed to be addressed in the master plan.
The solution became a desire to express and celebrate the roots and the beginnings of The Clara White Mission, so the original house was moved from its original location at the North East corner of the site to the center of the oculus which can be seen in the renderings. The building forms came about by using site geometry and a desire to "reach out" and surround the central oculus or gardens.
Overall I believe the solution was successful and took into consideration the true vision of The Clara White Mission for this project, but it did not ultimately win the competition.
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