Perkins+Will 

Location: Atlanta, GA

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center is conceived as a beacon that unites the community’s past and future while providing a place to congregate, interact, learn, and play. A two-story, light-filled interior promenade joins the two entries that become the canvas with which the Center links to the community’s past by displaying a timeline of seminal figures and events. The south end serves as a front porch and the north side overlooks the adjacent Selena Butler Park linking exterior and interior recreation, both ends demonstrating that people of all ages and backgrounds are welcome with open arms.