The center’s easternmost structure contains a large gathering and
educational space beneath a faceted, flying roof. Perched atop its
base of glass walls, the roof appears to float as kite gliding into the
air, creating a fluid dynamic for its larger counterpart to the west.
Inside, the geometries of a saw tooth ceiling are emphasized with
maple-shaded laminate layered on micro-perforated aluminum.
Carpet in ocean shades of teal, turquoise and aqua blues laid in
a sunburst pattern accentuates the dimension of the space. Gullshaped decals applied as bird strike prevention measures cast
playful shadows that 'fly’ through the room as the sun travels
across the sky.
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Directly to the west, the center’s offices are housed in a 650
square-foot glass box enclosed with 4-foot intermittentlyoperable windows. The box introduces a large white, concrete
block structure used for boat and equipment storage, locker
rooms, showers and restrooms. With outward protruding angles
and porthole-like rectangular window apertures, the ship-like
edifice ‘flows’ up-channel in the wake of the kite structure that
leads it. Separate yet unified, the two buildings are enclosed and
coalesced with custom galvanized steel gates clad with luminous
acrylic resin panels.