The Southwest Valley Regional YMCA is a 30,000 sf project that is directly associated and integrated with a high school pool facility in the City of Goodyear. The unique, irregular site is bounded by required street setbacks on the south and west and a fiber optics easement along the east. This led to a series of rotated, interlocking volumes, creating a playful composition of color, light and shadow. The simple forms are carefully perforated and undercut for views, access and shaded program space. At the street intersection, a blue glass volume is wrapped by a rotated larger envelope creating deep porches and patios. An abstracted YMCA logo and other penetrations, perforates the volume and reveals the blue crystal within. The facility is part of the Valley of the Sun YMCA program.
Studio Team Douglas Brown Tom Brown Eddie Curiel Peter Goldammer Denise Gonzalez John Kane Gregory Lambright Nick Nevels Eliseo Ramirez Gonzalo Fernandez-Reuter E.J. Sandoval Victoria Snively
Project Team Owner: Valley of the Sun YMCA Structural: Brickey Design Associates Mechanical/Plumbing: Applied Engineering Electrical: TOR Engineering Programming: Warner Consulting Services Civil: J2 Engineering, Inc. Landscape: Moore/Swick Partnership Contractor: Redden Construction, Inc. High School Pool Architect: EMC2 Group
