The Spine, designed by Meghna and I, focuses on building a wellness campus with the following guiding principles in mind:
Social Interaction
Passive Physical Activity
Connection To Nature
We felt that by maximizing the development of the single site at 31st and Kedzie in Lawndale, we could achieve our guiding principles to their greatest potential. By creating a pedestrian friendly campus featuring a unique series of programmatic adjacencies, people of all ages could have the opportunity to benefit from the campus. Varying surface levels of green space creates a robust connection to green space from all vantage points. Public spaces scattered throughout the site at different levels and scales gives users consistent opportunity to interact with each other.
We hope that the design exemplifies a healthy campus and can begin to activate this type of lifestyle throughout Lawndale.
Check out Meghna's post for a video we put together walking through the design.
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