Wende Creative Community Center

2020-2023 (in construction)

AUX Architecture

The project is a multi-phase addition to the Wende Museum campus in Culver City’s cultural corridor. Phase I consists of a new Creative Community Center. Phase II will be affordable housing. The Creative Community Center is a 7,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose building designed for a variety of activities including performances, exhibits, and civic activities, and will become a gathering place for the community. Designed as an extension of the existing Wende gardens, the building is a series of concrete terraces with green roofs that terrace up from the existing park. Each of the levels is interconnected with an existing 2,000 sq. ft. A-frame building through the use of an architectural screen that seamlessly joins old and new. The center will maintain and establish operational, meeting, and educational space for community partners including the United States Veterans’ Artist Alliance, Culver City Unified School District, the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, and Upward Bound House.

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