Weaving together the town, the cultural heritage, and the rural landscape
The project engages with fountain city not only at the architectural scale, but also at the urban, infrastructural, and landscape scales. The Levi and Catharine Coffin Interpretive Center is the link between the extended countryside on the east and the historic town on the west. Its location at the intersection of Interstate Highway 27 and Main Street allows both passerbys and town residents to encounter the Interpretive Center. Strong connections to existing infrastructure have been established for efficient auto access. This includes a designated bus drop off zone, facing a public installation, that greet visitors of all ages arriving for a field-trip or an educational experience. The design frames the rural landscape and the historical Levi and Catharine Coffin House, weaving both contexts.