Yakov & Hava Telyas Chabad Jewish Center

Designed for users of all ages, this community center features materials that ground it in its natural surroundings.

Providing landscape views in three directions, an airy lobby greets users toward its focal point—a jewel box space that serves as a social gathering hub with multiple uses—library, café, lounge, meeting space and shop. An amphitheater extends from the lobby for services, teaching, performances, and social celebrations to extend outdoors.

The sanctuary and adjacent social hall provide a spiritual space for worship, celebration, and learning. The wooden ceiling soars overhead; light and air flood the space, giving an open welcoming feeling.

Encouraging young adults to use the center, a teen lounge provides informal hangout space physically separate from adults and children, yet visually connected to the main spaces by means of an interior glass partition. The remainder of the upper-level program consists of five general-use classrooms and offices.

The lower level features a parenting room, staff lounge, and six early childhood education classrooms with direct access to a protected outdoor play area.

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