611 N Central St. Restoration

"Community"

Centro Hispano is an organization that aids, educates, and inspires the Latino community in Knoxville. In order for this organization to grow, the center needed to relocate into a bigger space. 611 N Central St. was then designed to accommodate the needs and wants of Centro Hispano including sustainable living, enough office spaces and meeting rooms, a kitchen and/or cafe, a community outdoor space, classrooms, a space for celebration, etc. The two main areas I focused on in this design are the cafe and “living room”/lobby, which were designed to appease the client's aesthetic.