Douglass Community Center

Washington, DC · In Construction

Project facts

Client: DC Department of General Services
Architect: Studio Twenty Seven Architecture
General Contractor: MCN Build
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 13,000 sf.
Sustainability: Net Zero
Status: In Construction
Our involvement: Structural Engineer of Record

Photography & imagery

Diagrams / renders: Studio Twenty Seven Architecture

Designed to Net Zero

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.

Our sixth project in DC, the community center is among the city's most significant mass timber developments. The 13,000 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.