CENTRAL EVENT SPACE

The existing Shelterhouse and its surrounding environment provides an opportunity to expand upon Goodale Parks leasable space. With growing pressure for Columbus’ parks to become financially sustainable, the Vision Plan needed to provide a solution to making the park fiscally responsible. Currently, the Shelterhouse can be viewed as an object within the park with no defined front or back. The Vision Plan seeks to provide the Shelterhouse and its surroundings with a defined sequence of spaces. The East Lawn essentially becomes the Shelterhouses front yard with the West Terraces serving as its backyard.

Currently, the Shelterhouse has a maximum occupancy of 75 people. However, with the creation of the West Terrace an additional 200 people could be accommodated. The transformation of the east tennis courts into a more usable and flexible space would provide an additional space which could be leased, allowing space for either one large event to occur or multiple smaller events to happen concurrently.