Forest Hills, Queens
2019 - present
Forestdale is a Queens-based social services organization that supports families in need. The work on their campus is incremental across several buildings but requires a long-term design vision.
There are multiple challenges for this project. The campus was designed as an orphanage, with five separate orphanage houses. However, Forestdale is no longer an orphanage. Over time, the buildings have but cut up into offices and rooms to provide their current services, and so the comfort and charm of the original 1930’s art modern style buildings have been lost. The project seeks to restore this original comfort, and we see it as an extension of Forestdale’s mission of community care. This attention extends to the campus grounds, with extensive planting design.