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Lakewood's Heritage Center

Lakewood, CO

This project is a recent interpretation of "Art Deco" in a public park that focuses on the 20th Century history of Lakewood, Colorado. The large park/open space houses a collection of relocated historic structures. The challenge was to reintroduce "Art Deco" into Lakewood's architectural history without mimicking a lost building or confusing visitors about its authenticity. The solution, was to incorporate the steps below: 1) Create a footprint too large to have been relocated here and improbable to have been a part of the original Bonfils-Stanton estate. 2) Site it on a wide plaza linking parking and pedestrian accessways to various historic structures such that it becomes a gateway, not an isolated structure. 3) Incorporate iconic forms and materials including vertical, neon signage, massive curved walls of glass block and standing seam curved roof forms.

PROJECT TEAM

Paul Trementozzi

SERVICES PROVIDED

Architecture
Entitlements & Rezoning
Interior Design