The heart of a community.
Community Centers often involve multiple-use partners, diverse guest demographics, and need to be able to accommodate many uses. When you need a visionary to help you make the most of your community center, we are the ideal choice.
Community Center Projects
Independence Indoor Range
Independence Indoor Range
Independence Indoor Shooting Range is a 25,000 square-foot building constructed of CMU and metal studs. It houses 3 gun ranges: a 100-yd rifle range with 4 lanes, a tactical range with 8 lanes, and a tapered bay with 8 lanes.
The building also contains a large retail component, offices, and classrooms, where they hold gun safety and other gun-training classes. The building is designed to be inviting to everyone and to make women, children, and men feel comfortable in order to promote the safe use of firearms.
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Holly Park Community Center
Holly Park Community Center
The Holly Park Community Center is part of affordable housing development in Commerce City, Colorado. Holly Park was originally constructed as market-rate apartments in the 1970s. When Mercy Housing took it over, it faced problems typical of this type of conversion, a lack of facilities needed for affordable housing. Mercy offers programs to their residents, including job training and after school care, and these needs were being handled out of a converted apartment. The offices were undersized to handle the increased tenant interaction with staff and the need for clothing and food banks. Additionally, the on-site maintenance was being housed in a variety of sheds. EVstudio thoughtfully crafted an all-new building nestled within the campus which now houses their offices, large food and clothing banks, a room that accommodates community functions and after school care, a computer lab, maintenance operations, and an office for a police liaison officer.
Client: Mercy Housing
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Hillside Community Center
Hillside Community Center
Hillside Community Center is part of the Colorado Springs Parks & Recreation District in Colorado. This award-winning community center underwent a renovation to address multiple ADA compliance issues. As the needs of the surrounding community were changing, so too must this highly-used center. Through a public RFP process, the center’s redesign featured a re-imagined front lobby, ADA renovations to bathrooms, locker rooms, and multi-purpose rooms.
Client: City of Colorado Springs, Parks & Recreation District
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Prospect Lake Beach House
Prospect Lake Beach House
The Eni R. Jaspersen Beach House, AKA Prospect Lake Beach House is a community center in Colorado Springs, Colorado situated in Memorial Park. This local gem was built in 1937 and thanks to a $1.4 million Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) grant, has undergone a grand renovation. The entire first-floor space was reimagined to be fully accessible and flexible for various private and public groups that use the facility — thus bringing new vitality to the center. This rare beachfront property features water sports, kids camps, and a place for seniors to gather.
Client: City of Colorado Springs, Parks & Recreation District
Specifications: 3,000 sq.ft. and an additional 1,500 sq.ft. of new exterior decking
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Fairway Villas Golf Clubhouse
Fairway Villas Golf Clubhouse
The Fairway Villas Golf Clubhouse projects continue a long-time successful partnership with Oakwood Homes in the Colorado neighborhood of Green Valley Ranch. Oakwood Homes is a premier home builder in Colorado and develops master-planned communities with high-end amenities such as Fairway Villas Golf Club. Fairway Villas features year-round pool access, fitness center, community rooms to rent, and golf services.
Client: Oakwood Homes
Specifications: Wood Frame | 8,000 GSF
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The Depot
The Depot
The Depot is the recreation center for The Village of Five Parks Master HOA in Arvada, Colorado. An addition and renovation were needed to serve the growing community better and upgrade the community center building. The renovation included converting conference rooms into fitness rooms, creating a child watch center, the addition of 1,300 sq.ft. while renovating approximately 1,000 sq.ft of the existing building. Our favorite feature is the exercise ball return closet that acts like a Pez dispenser. This unique solution to equipment storage became a favorite amongst all who used it.
Client: The Village of Five Parks Master HOA
Specifications: Wood frame | 7,705 GSF | Pool
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More than just a building.
- Extreme Multipurpose. A community center must be flexible to be of true value to the residents. We can help get the most use out of every room.
- Areas to thrive. Playgrounds, educational rooms, wellness areas, and communal kitchens are essential spaces to cultivate to their highest potential. Let our ingenious designers bring these spaces to life for you.
- Sensory Immersion. We love to weave art into our recreation spaces so that it becomes part of the fabric of the facility. Working with the client and community feedback, we can ensure that the senses are always engaged.
- Functional as well as fun. What is the use of fancy systems if they cause stress to your maintenance staff and budget — our team of multidisciplinary designers align sustainability with reality keeping your facility efficient and functional.
Community Center Articles
Community Center, Park and Recreation Project News- Prospect Lake Beach House
EVstudio has recently been awarded several recreation remodel projects in Colorado Springs and very excited to announce our most impactful one yet. EVstudio has been
Construction Cost Per Square Foot for Student Unions
Our posts on construction cost data per square foot for various project types are so popular, that I will continue updating them more frequently as
City of Colorado Springs- Hillside Community Center Remodel Project
EVstudio recently was honored with being selected as the winner for the RFP to remodel the Hillside Community Center in Colorado Springs so it could
15th Annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge- NAIOP
This year EVstudio was selected as an architectural resource for the annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge. The competitors for the competition included student groups
Cost Per Square Foot of Arts Campus With Classroom Space in Palm Springs Florida
I was recently discussing construction costs with an Executive Director for an Arts and Crafts Education Center in Palm Springs. Below is the result of
Aoustical Plaster Ceiling for Indoor Pools
Acoustical Plaster Ceiling (APC) is typically used in indoor pool areas where sound waves bounce off the water, tile, and glass. APC can reduce the
Plans for Fairway Villas at Green Valley Ranch Clubhouse
We are in the process of completing plans for a 8,000 sf clubhouse for the Fairway Villas at Green Valley Ranch, a new 55 and
The Place in Evergreen is Open!
The Place, a center for community organizations in Evergreen, Colorado is now complete and open! All painting and trimming has been completed and the office
“The Place” Community Center is a Month From Opening
I recently toured “The Place”, a community center TI project that we designed last Winter. The sheetrock is hung and they have slated their grand
Holly Park Community Center Interior
I recently had a chance to tour the interior of the Holly Park Community Center. We completed this project at an affordable housing complex in