Alexis Davies, Michaela Coulter, Grace Schmitt, and Caitlin Young | Graduation Year: 2024 | Assistant Professor Kendra Kirchmer

The P.E.CO is a community center that celebrates the layering and collage of people and ideas while building upon strengths to create a core support system. The center provides housing, childcare, career resources, green spaces, and improved infrastructure to enrich the existing community and instill a sense of pride and economic vitality. Adaptive reuse strategies are implemented to restore the existing historic quality and integrate contemporary design elements. Vital Design is an interdisplinary studio encompassing the fields of interior and landscape architecture to find community-driven design solutions within the local context and culture of Philadelphia.