Vista Del Mar成立于1908年，是一个有114年历史的非营利组织，通过在南加州建立第一个别墅式孤儿院开始为社区服务。现在，他们提供了一个对创伤有反应的连续服务，使南加州的儿童、青年和家庭能够过上充实的生活。 Founded in 1908, Vista Del Mar is a 114-year-old non-profit organization that began service to the community by founding the first cottage-style orphanage in Southern California. Today, they provide a trauma-responsive continuum of services to empower children, youth, and families in Southern California to lead fulfilling lives.
Founded in 1908, Vista Del Mar is a 114-year-old non-profit organization that began service to the community by founding the first cottage-style orphanage in Southern California. Today, they provide a trauma-responsive continuum of services to empower children, youth, and families in Southern California to lead fulfilling lives.
该中心是对位于Vista Del Mar校园中心的一座20世纪50年代的寺庙进行的改造和扩建，并被设想和设计为Vista Del Mar的创新治疗性表演艺术项目的所在地。该中心为学习和表演舞蹈、音乐和戏剧作品提供了空间，并继续为Vista的犹太生活项目课程和节日服务提供空间。附属空间可用于生产协调、舞台设计、更衣和换衣排练以及教室。
The Center is a remodel of and addition to a 1950s-era Temple located at the center of Vista Del Mar’s campus and was conceived and designed to be the home of Vista Del Mar's innovative therapeutic performing arts program. The Center provides space for both learning and performing a dance, music, and theatrical productions, and continues to provide a space for Vista’s Jewish Life Programs classes and holiday services. Accessory spaces allow for production coordination, stagecraft, dressing and changing rehearsal, and classrooms.
该建筑被设计成一系列的小品，表达了运动、音乐和动作。一个半透明的外墙包裹着整个结构，在晚上，当灯光亮起时，建筑变成了校园中心的一个发光的心脏。除了增加独特的美感，高度耐用的聚碳酸酯外墙是由100%消费后回收的塑料制成的，在其生命周期结束后可以再次回收。一个关键的挑战是要尽可能多地保留现有的结构。
The building is designed as a series of vignettes that express motion, music, and movement. A semi-translucent fa?ade wraps the structure and, in the evening when the lights turn on, the building transforms into a glowing heart at the center of the campus. Besides adding a distinctive aesthetic, the highly durable polycarbonate fa?ade is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic and can be recycled again at the end of its lifecycle. A key challenge was to preserve as much of the existing structure as possible.
寺庙的基础和结构隔膜被保存下来，成为新建筑的框架。在外墙的正后方，一系列有节奏的柱子创造了光与影的相互作用。由此产生的梯度图案与主楼梯和大厅相配合，两者的宽度（在平面上）不同，创造出一种压缩和扩张的感觉。这个概念从玛莎-格雷厄姆的舞蹈作品 "哀歌 "中获得了灵感，在这个作品中，一个舞者在衣服里挣扎，并隐喻了许多自闭症患者每天的挣扎。
The Temple’s foundation and structural diaphragm were saved and became the framework of the new building. Directly behind the fa?ade, a series of rhythmic columns create an interplay of light and shadow. The resulting gradient pattern works in conjunction with the primary stair and lobby, both of which vary in width (in plan) to create a sense of compression and expansion. This concept drew inspiration from "Lamentation," the Martha Graham dance piece in which a dancer struggles within a garment, and as a metaphor for the struggles many people with Autism experience every day.
该建筑拥有舒适的空间，可供灵活学习，色调为浅色调，并有声学系统可帮助那些对声音敏感的人。单个房间的设计可以满足多种用途，早上可以是教室，白天可以是排练场地，晚上可以是绿色房间。
该中心占地10,550平方米，建造时预算保守，但精心挑选的材料，通常是标准的现成饰面，使得几个关键的设计特点，包括剧院中带有声学模糊的木梁，为不同类型的表演提供不同表面选择的木制弹簧舞台，以及票房大厅、楼梯和入口大厅中闪亮的白色水磨石。
The building has comfortable spaces for flexible learning, a color palette in light tones, and acoustic systems that aid those with sound sensitivity. Individual rooms are designed to accommodate multiple purposes and can be a classroom by morning, a rehearsal space by day, and a green room by night. The 10,550 sqft Cente
r was built with a conservative budget but carefully selected materials, often in standard off-the-shelf finishes, allow for several key design features including wood beams with acoustic fuzz in the theater, a wood sprung stage with different surface options for different types of performances, and gleaming white terrazzo in the box office lobby, stair, and entry lobby.
