Green Community Space

Our purpose for making this community center is to provide a safe and calming environment for people who lost their home in a natural disaster, such as fires, tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes. The hope is that people can come here to relax and enjoy themselves in a tranquil environment. This calm environment is optimal for unfortunate disaster victims recover their connection to the nature and a more positive attitude.

Material

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1. Product uses plywood for all walls and structures of the main building and recycled balsa wood sticks for the greenhouse structure

Recycled balsa wood allows for cost affordability, as they are cheap and are able to make a structure that can stand.

Research for cost & bio material:

1. Balsa wood stick
2. Recycled wood
3. Quarter-inch plywood

Details

1. Floor layered with (rooms):
2. Storage room
3. Kitchen, which only staff have access to
4. Multi-purpose activity room
5. Divided restroom with double door
6. Open-walled dining room
7. Library with an attached emotional support room installment
8. Two entrances/exits to the building, one main entrance door and an exit that leads to a balcony wrapping around the building’s side

Greenhouse design

Exterior

1. Triangular greenhouse structure, outlined with black and tan

Interior

1. Small grass place for seating, slightly elevated with a stairway
2. Plants and a variety of shrub placed around interior

Community Recovery

Our build can support the community through therapeutic and emotional support, allowing people to reconnect with nature. We hope that this sense of connection with the green world can allow for inner peace and healing after traumatic, devastating events such as the Los Angeles wildfires.

Research: https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/01/la-fires-rebuild-permitting/

Image Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/nearly-2000-structures-destroyed-by-los-angeles-area-fires-so-far-including-homes-of-several-celebrities

First Design

First design that was removed/changed later:

1. A lake
2. Two floors
3. Living spaces separated from main community building
4. Hinges to show inside
5. Japanese-styled
6. Walls and Roof were 3d printed
7. Changed to wood later
8. Greenhouse had acrylic windows
9. Changed to saran wrap
10. Changed again to nothing