Palo Verde Library / Maryvale Community Center

The City of Phoenix proposed to re-invigorate the “heart of Maryvale” with an innovative mixed- use building program which required a single building complex; a larger Library / Community Center, 16,000 & 27,000 square feet respectively; that incorporated the existing public pool. Maintaining the recreational park guided the site design and building layout. The explicit intent of the design was to be environmentally responsible, and for the public park and its environs to remain the “green” heart of Maryvale. A pedestrian promenade of Arizona Ash threads the park, building programs, and associated parking lots in the east-west direction.