Emeryville Center for Community Life logo, images of people engaged in community activities.

Click the following images to see the site in detail.

Aerial showing courtyard in center, main entrance at southeast corner, playing fields on western edge.
Option A (explored further) features a central courtyard around which the spaces are organized.
   Aerial showing U-shaped building with two main entrances on southeast and northeast corners, playing fields on western edge.
Option B is a large U-shaped building around a central amphitheater that opens directly off the ballfields.
Aerial showing northwest corner of Option C, with pathways leading diagonally through the site.
Option C locates the buildings along paths via which people might walk into and across the site.
 Aerial showing northwest corner of Option D, with larger playing fields and play areas on rooftops.
Option D is the most compact, designed to maximize the ballfields' area at the expense of creating a plaza or other outdoor space.

Design Alternatives

Over the past several months, the design team has worked closely with City and School District staff to develop a series of concepts that organize the Center's program areas on the Emery Secondary School site. The team presented four concepts to the joint City/Schools Committee.

After two work sessions with the Committee and a July 2008 public presentation to the Partners for Community Life, the group selected a preferred direction - Option A - for further development. The group also considered several parking options.