“‘Mamuyac’s devotion to community-building shows up in the tactile, almost instinctive ways his projects invite people to come together. In an era when division and loneliness feel like ambient conditions—when the simple act of sharing space has become strangely rare—he and his ELS colleagues treat civic places as essential infrastructure connection.' Sam Lubell”
Foreword by Sam Lubell
Essays by Betsy Smegal Andersen, Christopher Beth, Tracy Chan, Stephen A. Ellis, Marco Esposito, William Gordon, Anthony Grand, Kenneth Hasegawa, Christopher Jung, Timothy Mansfield & Peter Sollogub, Steven Schiller & Eric Havian, Kim-Van Truong, Dana Vollmer-Grant and Jeffrey Zieba
Clarence D. Mamuyac, Jr., FAIA, is Chairman of ELS Architecture and Urban Design. For decades, as leader of the firm’s civic and higher-education portfolio, he has created projects whose earliest design stages are grounded in a highly inclusive process of engagement. This effort supports a design philosophy in which each project, as driven by its stakeholders, becomes a gathering point for the common good. The ELS projects here look at Mamuyac’s past 25 years of creating venues that use sports, recreation, and wellness programming to celebrate personal achievements and our collective potential. These are forward-looking places that honor their context – from culture and place to economics and politics – and create lasting benefits to users and the environment. Essays from collaborators, clients, and colleagues offer insight into the firm’s collaborative practice.
Architecture for the Common Good
Places for Recreation, Wellness, Competition, and Joy
Clarence D. Mamuyac Jr., FAIA
ELS Architecture and Urban Design
Book Size: 11 x 9 in / 279.4 x 228.6 mm
Format: Landscape
Pages: 580
Language: English
Edition: Hardcover (978-1-964490-19-9)