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Interior of the Perelman Auditorium at the Philadelphia Museum of Art designed by MGA Partners, featuring red seating, white acoustic ceiling panels, and minimalist modern detailing.

Perelman Auditorium

Philadelphia Art Museum

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Exterior evening view of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia renovated by MGA Partners, showing lively concertgoers.

Mann Center For The Performing Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The Shipley School Student Commons and Resource Center designed by MGA Partners.

Student Commons & Resource Center

The Shipley School

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Exterior View of the Shipley School
Interior View of Perelman Auditorium
Interior view of the University of Indiana

Perelman Auditorium
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Student Commons & Resource Center

The Shipley School

Theater & Drama Center

Indiana University

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The center’s outdoor pavilion is illuminated at dusk.

Awards for Design Excellence
AIA Pennsylvania
AIA Philadelphia

Excellence in Construction Award
General Building Contractors Association

The campus includes gathering spaces of different sizes.
The campus includes gathering spaces of different sizes.
Visitors play an animated game of Basketball in the gymnasium.

The community center serves over 1000 people daily, from children to the elderly, and creates $22 million in economic impact annually. 

The architect’s sketch illustrates the driving principle of the design, a light-filled curved civic space.
The building includes a wood-clad space for worship services.
The dining hall is an open and light-filled space.
The building is designed around a light-filled curved civic space from which entrances to all major program facilities are ac

A green jewel in a dense urban neighborhood, the campus includes landscaped gardens, walking trails, playgrounds, gathering spaces, recreation areas and a large community farm.

The campus includes ample green space in the context of a dense urban neighborhood.
The Kroc Center was built on what was formerly a derelict site.
The passing train represents the neighborhood’s industrial character.

Built on an derelict site, the Center bridges the adjacent residential neighborhoods and transforms a desolate area into a destination.

A map of Philadelphia shows the Kroc Center in the context of other community centers.
Visitors enjoy the Kroc Center’s ample outdoor and green space.

Salvation Army Kroc Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Salvation Army Kroc Center in Philadelphia is part of a national initiative to develop state-of-the-art community centers in underserved communities across the nation. The $1.5 billion bequest by The Ray and Joan Kroc Foundation is the largest single private donation to a charitable organization in American history. The goal of the project is to provide a broad array of social and educational services in the larger context of the Army’s spiritual mission, while creating a desirable destination for the city and neighborhood.

The design responds to The Salvation Army’s core mission to meet social, physical, and spiritual needs through service, and its tradition as a prudent, conscientious organization. The building is designed around a light-filled curved civic space from which entrances to all major program facilities are accessed. Wrapped in south-facing glass, this 2-story grand hallway extends outdoors, connecting interior programs with the central green and campus. Its identity is articulated in the beacon tower and the 25 foot high stone cross on site.

Area

130,000 sf

In the Media

Over 1.5 Billion in Service, Architectural Record

Body and Soul Centers, Planning Magazine

Salvation Army Kroc Center: A Gem for North Philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer

Re-tooling Industrial Sites, Exhibit at the Center for Architecture

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