CASE STUDY ON GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER

Objectives
 To know about the spaces,
circulation and its relation in
Youth Center
 To study about the landscape and
environmental awareness in
Youth Center
 To understand about materials
and its impact in exterior and
interior environment

Introduction
The Comer Youth Center is located in Chicago, United States. It was built in 2016 A.D and
designed by John Ronan Architects. The building is an educational and recreational center
and the client was Comer Education Campus. The site covers 6968m2.

Site study
1. Climate: cold and temper
2. Orientation: East west
3. Surrounding: grand crossing neighbourhood
4. Parking: porous concrete surface surrounded by greeneries

Architectural appearance
Clarity and adaptability

 Advertise the activity inside on the building exterior

 Spaces can be modified over times as program in the youth center evolves
 Maintaining the building programmatic sustainability

Concept/Design approach
 To bring social progress in backward neighbourhood
 Without the lot of glass at street level to create a sense of security while keeping the
building light and airy

Environmental awareness
 The Roof garden serve as outdoor classroom to support youth horticultural programs
 The garden collects and recycles rain water, and serves to reduce the urban heat Island
effect
  The site surface employs porous paving surfaces to reduce the pressure on storm
water management system

Program orientation

1. Roof garden, 2. Arts and craft room, 3. Computer lab, 4. Conference room, 5. Recording
studio, 6. Wc, 7. Storage, 8. Classroom, 9. Office, 10. Adaptable hall and 11. Cseteria.

Featured programs and activities

Leadership and social development: culture club and destiny leader club

Sports fitness and recreation: fit kids and strength training

Material used
 Rain screen cladding of finer cement panels
 Bullet proof glazing glass facing street
 Perforated metal screen
 Use of porous concrete for storm water management