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Timber Town Innovation
Pinwheel Place
Location : Greenville, California
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Thereafter, how can architecture continue life ?
The Dixie Fire that burned through Greenville has forever changed the landscape of the Indian Valley region and the lives and memories of its inhabitants. As Greenville looks to investigate and reinvent itself after the recent wake of devastation, we remain passopnaye anout maintaining the history of Greenville while revitalizing the population.
Pinwheel Place is a community center composed of three different buildings, each with a distinct program relating to three essential forms of life: Rest, Work, and Play. Located in downtown Greenville, not only Pinwheel Place is a centural meeting point and landmark, the building also serves as a guide on how neighbouring buildings can be re-build after the fire. In the case of emergency, we would like Pinwheel Place to be an asset to neighbouring commuities in case of earthquake or fire.
During our visit to Greenville, we invited the community to participate into the design by creating an interactive puzzle. Community member would write a program of their liking that relates to the category of Rest, Work, and Play, and then put them in the site where they see them fit.
The resultant interaction allows us to see how Rest, Work, and Play could interact with each other. Community members would then help assemble the puzzle to where they see fit.
Rest offers the community and local Rancheria clinic access to an urgent care space and blood laboratories. In addition, the upstairs of this space provides co-living spaces for key operators of these spaces to live.
Work offers Greenville residents much need co-working office spaces, a workshop, and hardware store.
Play offers Greenville residents an dopportunity to socialize and congregate in reservable cafe and community room space.
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In case of Scenario 2, where a fire has affected neighboring town of Taylorsville, Pinwheel Place is equipped with the capacity to accomodate people displaced from fire and operate as a resource hub in order to deliver food, housing, and clothing to those affected.
