Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

Emeryville Center of Community Life
Master Plan Document
Issued by Field Paoli / HKIT Architects – April 3, 2009
Conclusion
“Imagine a Place…”
Work on the Emeryville Center of Community Live began back in 2001, when the
District had filed bankruptcy, and a group of committed individuals came
together to forge a new, innovative vision for education for the children of
Emeryville. Over the course of the next 7 years, they came together to solidify
this vision, merge it with the needs of the City for new recreational, cultural, and
social facilities, and create an overall set of goals for the new center.
In early 2008, our team of Field Paoli and HKIT Architects was engaged to work
with the City and the School District to help better define this vision, and give it
physical expression in the form of this master plan.
The documents contained herein reflect the hard work of staff, elected leaders,
members of the community, and our team to come together around this
common vision. We hope that this work will form the cornerstone of the next
steps, as this moves forward through design and construction to become the
center that all have envisioned.
It is important to remember that this is only the first step in this process, and that
the design will evolve as the issues that have been raised are discussed in
greater detail, and as other departments including Police, Fire, Planning and
Building, become more involved. There will be further opportunities for input
from teachers and other school district staff, and these too will help shape the
design and the specific areas within it. Additional community input will be
sought and incorporated in the hopes that everyone will feel that they have
contributed to the process in a meaningful way, and that a true sense of
ownership can be achieved.