COMMUNITY TERRACE

​First Prize 
The Pavilion - Utica Junction
​Michigan, USA
​2017

The project aims to encourage community engagement through multiple means as it meant to develop a proper community space that can be utilized for formal and informal events and gatherings throughout the year whether they are celebratory, market oriented,  otherwise, It also aims to connect the site visually to the surrounding historically structures. There are three elements that defines the project “the plaza, the ramp, and the indoor pavilion”. The plaza is a rectangular shaped space consists of series of small terraces that can be used as sitting spaces for the crowd, and it is ordered by a grid of thin pillars that is used for lighting.

“Mr. Elgendy did more than just submit a design; he gave our downtown a vision for the future, and it’s now our job to work together to see that vision become a reality”

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The ramp surrounds the plaza creating a monumental wall that can be used as a place for local artists to exhibit there work it also separates the pavilion from the residential neighborhoods reducing the amount of noise during the event times, the highest point of the ramp is 26 feet from the ground level allowing the visitors to connect visually to the surrounding historically structures.
The indoor pavilion is facing the plaza and is being used as a space for conferences and indoor exhibitions and events, the roof of the pavilion is connected to the ramp and it is stepped back to the ground level creating a place for community to sit and interact  

The project is proposed to be constructed on three phases, the first phase is creating the plaza “A place for people to gather an celebrate”, the second phase is creating the ramp “A place to connect community to the city history”, the final phase is creating the indoor pavilion “A place for art and exhibitions”

"Everybody from the public kept coming in and going to his project. His project spoke to everybody without knowing what Roseville is, he captured everything"

​C&G Newspaper
DDA Vice Chairman Bryan Shishakly