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Felicita County Park Dance Pavilion

Structural Retro-fit

Location

Escondido, California

Status

Completed in 2005

Description

The Felicita County Park Dance Pavilion was a retrofit of an existing dilapidated structure at the Felicita County Park. The existing structure was an under-utilized asset of the park, and was in the process of being overhauled by Van Dyke Landscape Architects. Bluemotif was asked to join in the redesign of the pavilion. The design concept for the new structure was to maintain the existing posts and beams while opening the structure up to the canopy of live oak native to the park.

Photography by: Paul Lewin

This project demonstrates:
• Bluemotif Architecture’s ability to work directly with a government agency and their Project Manager
• Ability to rehabilitate an existing structure
• Sensitivity of the environment
• Sensitivity of cultural-ethnic issues

• Working within a well-defined scope and budget Project challenges:
• Working around the existing site without damaging existing roots of mature live oak.
• Using the existing structure (posts) as a basis of design for the new structure.
• Constrictive budget.