Architect: Smith Sinnett Architecture

Location: Apex, NC

The Apex Senior Center is a 28,000 square-foot expansion to the town’s existing community center. The facility is tailored to the needs of active seniors, housing three large meeting rooms, administrative offices, spaces for group & individual exercise, arts & crafts, pottery, and learning. The proportions and interior finishes of each space are fine-tuned to achieve the optimal light, sound, & textural qualities for the intended activity.  These programmed spaces are assembled into two rectilinear masonry volumes, which are shifted along a monolithic service bar & double-height circulation axis.  Furthermore, the glass-clad interstitial space provides the opportunity for informal meeting.