Youth Villages Cottage
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The Youth Villages Cottage is a residential treatment facility in Douglasville, Georgia designed to support children ages 9–17 facing emotional and behavioral challenges. Developed as part of the broader Youth Villages campus, the project reimagines therapeutic residential architecture through a balance of resilience, openness, and connection to the surrounding rural landscape. Durable materials, expansive glazing, and carefully framed outdoor spaces create an environment centered on healing, community, and daily life.
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The project required creating a secure and durable residential treatment environment that avoided the institutional character often associated with behavioral health facilities. The design needed to support therapeutic care, foster connection between residents and staff, and strengthen engagement with the surrounding landscape while responding sensitively to the sloping terrain, lakefront setting, and broader campus circulation patterns.
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Location
Douglasville, GeorgiaProject Type
Residential Treatment Facility / InstitutionalStatus
Completed — December 2024Personnel
Allen Post
Chris Loyal
Robert Woodhurst
Leonardo GarciaContractor
F&F ConstructionConsultants
Molnar Jordan Engineers
Breedlove Land Planning
A residential treatment facility designed to foster healing through landscape, connection, and a carefully choreographed relationship between indoor and outdoor space.
Large expanses of glazing were used to promote connectivity to the lake and the rural landscape.
