Media & Immersive eXperience Center

With its beginnings as a farming community, the town of Peoria, AZ boasts a well-preserved historic district with original vernacular architecture, expressing the simple aesthetic arising from utilitarian structures – designed to house families, their animals, and the tools that cultivated the land. Working in close collaboration with landscape architect, EPG (Environmental Planning Group), HSS created a series of park structures that would serve as backdrops for natural landscape and recreation features throughout. Close to the historic core, the park design acknowledges the town’s history while embracing its rapid growth and accommodating a wide range of activities, from regional baseball tournaments, holiday special events, daily jogs, and community gardening.