Practice, continuing our long history of collaboration withCovina Community Development leadership, has designed and recently begunconstruction on the adaptive reuse of the City of Covina’s historic Vita-Paktorange warehouses into a new community recreation village.
Located along a rail line and adjacent to a Metrolinkstation, the long linear site celebrates the City’s history of industry andtransportation while introducing much-needed community space for active socialconnection.
After close study of the mid-century fruit packingwarehouses, our design team developed a renovation strategy that addressedseismic strengthening, systems upgrades, and accessibility improvements. Theapproach ensured that the new program spaces aligned with project needs and allocatedbudget.
The design transforms the eastern warehouse into a gymnasiumcomplex and the western warehouse into community learning and service spaces.Large exterior areas between and around the buildings are being reimagined ascommunity amenities, including rock climbing walls, a dog park with shared usefor police canine training, a memorial history walk, and native plantinggardens.
Now under construction, the recreation village will advanceCovina’s broader program of community and economic revitalization, extendingoutward from the historic downtown core. The new facility will create not onlya local resource but also a regional destination for the greater San GabrielValley.
