Katz Family Pavilion
Overview
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The Katz Family Pavilion was the renovation and expansion of an existing building to accommodate the new multi-purpose events space for the Temple's functions and gatherings. The project was reimagined as a new pavilion and common green, the heart of the campus – a singular indoor/outdoor play/create/recreate/celebrate/gathering place.
The vast steel and steel grate roof, approximately twice as large as the programmed interior space, was shaped to respond to these urban, contextual conditions shaping spaces, and viewsheds. Topography was manipulated to celebrate hilly conditions and solve seamless and joyous movement through the site.
The entire north wall of the building is made of (4) 30' high and 23' feet wide full height operable glass walls that open the entire façade to the new commons green and plaza. The building and its landscape become one. Activities are now regularly done with doors open to the Southern California fresh, rejuvenating air.
The project included significant sitework, including hardscape and landscape, to create the new Shalom Garden, outdoor commons park, and outdoor gathering and event areas.
This new Pavilion and Commons Green is now the iconic gym/culture/community center and park/garden centerpiece of this 18-acre religious/educational hilltop campus. It melds with and transforms an existing building and landscape, providing space for bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, and all-community meetings, as well as basketball games.
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Team
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Voices
"In the multiple, award-winning projects we designed that Alex calmly and confidently ushered through to completion, his belief in the values of design-excellence and client mission made him a staunch ally – our shared vision was critical in completing the work in very timely and cost-effective ways."
"Our company has enjoyed collaborating with Alex on several significant and challenging projects over almost a decade. The highest praise that I can share is that we felt like "partners" on every job. Construction is challenging and it requires teamwork and perseverance and collaboration to succeed. Alex is extremely knowledgeable and demanding but also fair and honorable. These are the best attributes you can find in a teammate."