Centre Hills Country Club

The Centre Hills Country Club located in the Borough of State College, PA desired a new Club House and supporting facilities for members coming from the South part of town. The hardscape improvements include the construction of athletic courts, parking areas, entry markers, walkways and site lighting. The most detailed part of the scheme is a pool area that will include site furnishings for various uses and a playground. The planting scheme includes canopy trees to shade the parking area, more colorful plantings surrounding the pool area, and a vegetative buffer at the perimeter of the site.  The plant palette complies with State College Borough Tree Regulations with respect to street tree species selection as well as the proportion of deciduous and evergreen plant material for the vegetative buffer.

Office:  Mahan Rykiel
Status:  DRB Review
Architect:  Chambers
Civil Engineering & Site Design:  Pennterra
Landscape Project Management:  John Merritt
Planting & Site Furnishings Design:  John Merritt
Amenity Space Design:  Andy Kalbeck
Illustrative Plan Graphics:  Luke Early

Illustrative Site Plan

Despite the vastness of the site, there were many constraints, especially conflicts with underground utilities. When laying out the parking lot trees, it was very challenging to create and maintain any sort of consistent rhythm in the spacing.  The site design is relatively open-ended at North in anticipation of a new amenity building and to preserve the view of Mt. Nittany to the North.

Entry Sign

The masonry color of the wall sign is to match the masonry of Club House foundation and central bay.  (Annotated wall rendering on the right most accurately depicts the chosen stone veneer of the three renderings.)   The corrugated concrete wall is to match the Club House siding.  Modeling and texturing done in Lightwave.

Planted Buffer

A vegetated buffer was required by State College as a visual separation from the residential neighbors.  The buffer is substantial, over 500 feet in length along just one edge.  The idea here was to create a module that could be replicated numerous times and look seamless, while also complying with the mandated proportion of deciduous and evergreen species.  Modeling done in Blender, texturing done in Octane.