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Throughout the villages at Fort Belvoir, five neighborhood centers are planned to be built as an amenity to the community. Three have been built to date. These neighborhood centers are frequented by residents for large gatherings, parties, and meetings. Each month, the centers are reserved up to thirty times for various functions. In addition to serving the community needs, the property management offices and maintenance staff are located within the building. The 3,770 square foot neighborhood center’s program includes two property management offices with a reception desk and copy/fax room, a great room for larger social functions, conference room, kitchen, bathrooms, foyer, maintenance shed, patio/courtyard, playground, and surface parking lot.
With the completion of our most recent neighborhood center in George Washington Village, the design focus turned to the next one planned: the Fairfax Village Neighborhood Center. The project team decided to top all other sustainable efforts at Fort Belvoir and showcase this next neighborhood center as the “greenest” possible building. A team of consultants came together and kicked off the design charrette. Among members of the project team were Sustainable Design Consultanting (LEED Consultant), Torti Gallas & Partners (Architect), Bowman Consulting Group (Civil Engineer), E.K. Fox & Associates (MEP), HOK (Interior Designer), Parker Rodriguez (Landscape Architect), Wetlands Studies & Solutions (Environmental Consultant), and Fort Belvoir environmental personnel from the Army. On the ownership side of the project, members of Clark team also contributed to this early green vision.
This website will help tell the this project’s story and begin to educate not only the residents at Fort Belvoir that will use this facility, but also the general public about sustainability and green building.
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