SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center

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SOS community center combines services for foster care families and neighborhood families in one building.

SOS is an international not-for-profit agency committed to training foster parents and reuniting siblings.

Multi-faceted public spaces in the building encourage a range of learning opportunities and social interaction.

A large community room on the second floor serves as classroom, exercise room and meeting space.

Working with budget constraints led to a design that expresses its materiality in a direct way. Concrete is layered in bands with color variation to reveal its liquid nature.