Douglass Community Center

The Douglass Community Center redevelopment in Washington DC, designed by Studio Twenty Seven Architecture, is a new, net-zero community building with six acres of recreation - athletic fields, picnic lawns, an outdoor pool complex, and more.

The community center is among the city's most significant mass timber developments. The 12,800 sf. building is tuned for passive performance - including a south-tilted sawtooth roof, high clerestories driving stack ventilation, and extensive green roofs. The superstructure features a mix of glulam post/beam framing and perimeter glulam wall trusses, all supporting acoustic mass timber roof decks and a central light well.

The project will respect the history of the Douglass community and the legacy 1960s park formerly at the site. Designed to rigorous net-zero standards, it will generate one hundred percent of its energy needs through on-site renewable energy sources.

Renderings courtesy of Studio Twenty Seven Architecture.