Youth Imperative Center
The Youth
Imperative Center in Bozeman, MT is a place for kids to learn about
law and social services in the area. The non-provit YIC is set up not
only to educate, but also to help those in trouble with the law, providing
several different services under one roof. In this project, founder
Brock Albin had renovated a house downtown into his offices, but wanted
to add an outdoor space for gathering and meeting. The idea of this
porch was not only to be a setting for informal meetings and activities,
but also to provide an entry which better addressed the corner lot and
welcomed people to the Center. Because this house is in an historical
overlay district, it was important to design an appropriate porch for
the context of the neighborhood. Providing the City with presentation
drawings and getting involved with them early helped this project get
through the Design Review Board without any problems, even with a variance
to encroach on setbacks to accomodate the larger size of the porch.
