MDA Designgroup

Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Community Center 2007
New York, NY

Goddard Riverside’s Bernie Wohl Community Center is currently entered mid-block under an uninviting concrete canopy in a public housing high-rise building. MDA’s redesign incorporates an inviting new entry that skillfully envelopes the existing structure, calling attention to the entry with color, form, materiality, and a sign wall announcing its presence. ADA access is now provided directly from street level, gracefully delivering guests to the new multi-purpose theater space, one-half level below. The flexible black box community space can now serve theater, arts and social service functions in a wide variety of configurations.