Fonthill Park Site Plan

Winter-Spring 2020

Professors: Daniel Chung, Alexa Bosse

Fonthill Park in Doylestown PA is currently home to the Mercer Museum, a historic concrete castle designed for archaeologist Henry Mercer, and the Moravian Tile Works. The New Site Plan develops around the idea of creating a natural picturesque escape from the surrounding development. The entire site is surrounded by a planted buffer which opens to Groves and then to meadowlands.

The Fonthill Visitor Center sits at the threshold between parking spaces for visitors to Fonthill Park, acting as a gatehouse into the site. The Center includes gallery spaces, a giftshop, and cafe spaces. The massing of the building radiates outward from a central tower with the wings either substituting the planted buffer around the site or wrapping a central courtyard/ vista space.

The Exteriors of the building take on a language which is both traditional and whimsical with an eclectic assortment of window types, tile patterns, and pinnacles.