AVONDALE VISITOR & CONFERENCE CENTER

Location: Avondale Arizona

Completion: 01/22

Size: 21,500 sf

The Avondale Civic Center was designed to provide a responsibly funded, sustainable functioning facility that is as aesthetically beautiful as it is poetically. Housing multiple sectors of the civic community including economic development, marketing, legal services and city council. The ultimate goal was to provide a safe comfortable space for their users as well as attract fortune 500 companies to invest in the city of Avondale. The Estrella mountains are a pivotal symbol of Avondale. The building and more specifically the executive conference room, created a view shed to look directly out to the Estrella mountains, an impressive view for any new investor. Working with the community through the stakeholders, as well as weekly design updates provided the client the ability to inform the design as well as make changes to the design all the way through construction administration. The strong concept of the blossoming cotton plant excited the client and helped inform decisions throughout the entire process of design. The architects and designers on the project took great care and analysis to study passive shading, placemaking, orientation of the building and exact location on the site to allow for optimal energy savings, acoustics, daylight, and optimal landscaping. Great care was taken to blur the lines between interior and exterior. The most prominent representation is the rusted metal panel and planter below which wraps from exterior to interior and houses real cactus on the interior of the building.

Project Facts

Client | City of Avondale

Cost | $10.2M

Contractor | Haydon Building Company

Type | CMAR

Photo Credits

Leland Gebhardt Photography

Team

Doug Brown

Michael Rosso

Glen Wollenhaupt

Alyssa Robinson

Aubrey Jaros

Eric Sterner

Tom Hancock

Mandel McDonnell

CONSULTANTS

Henderson Engineers, Inc.

BDA Design

Wood Patel & Associates Inc.

DIG Studio

Communication Technology Services