DESIGN CHALLENGE: SELECTED SITES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND DESIGN TEAMS
BY COMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE
01 BUILDING BLOCKS 4700 Wyalusing Avenue | Mill Creek The Philadelphia Masjid COMMUNITY PARTNER: People's Emergency Center DESIGN PARTNER: HOK
PHOTOS: CHRIS KENDIG
20  SUMMER 2018 | context | AIA Philadelphia
Three sites were chosen from sixteen original applicants, each of whom chose a community based nonprofit as a project partner. These partnerships help strengthen relationships between sacred places, community organizations, and service providers with a mutual interest in co-location. Three design teams have been chosen through a blind selection process from a pool of thirteen outstanding candidate firms, and matched up with the final sites. Together these teams will embark on a six-month design challenge. The multidisciplinary design teams will create innovative design and development concepts, co-designed in collaboration with congregations and surrounding communities. An invitation-only Mid Review will take place in early October, a Public Reveal will take place on December 4th and a Capstone Exhibition and Publication will be released in the Spring of 2019. The initiative is funded by the WIlliam Penn Foundation. n