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Out Youth Austin Headquarters

For 30 years, Out Youth has been a safe place for youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities to be themselves, and we are proud to work on creating a new space to allow for LGBTQ+ children to flourish. We have designed the new structure to represent a visual manifestation of values such as Sanctuary, Empowerment, Justice, Diversity, Community, and Integrity. 

We plan to modernize the current structure, which has served the community proudly for decades, while maintaining a safe space for kids to discover who they are. We have intentionally shifted the space away from the cartesian grid in order to honor the individual journey of LGBTQ+ youth - defining, not defined by, our larger society. 

By floating the majority of the structure on pilotis, we have designed an efficient and functional vertical core which allows the building to minimize its footprint while creating larger, more efficient upper floors, reducing the impact of localized flooding and maximizing recharge to critical ground water supplies.