Boys & Girls Club Makerspace
The first of nine planned STEAM Makerspaces encourages cutting-edge learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The 1,000-square-feet space, designed to be a lively, interactive experience for children ages 6-18, is filled with visually stimulating details, including an exposed ceiling plenum, angled linear lighting and highly saturated pops of orange and blue — the nonprofit’s brand colors. Two focal points are a magnetic steel feature wall where users can hold design charrettes and a peg-board wall with adjustable shelving to display 3D models. The project is officially dubbed “The Ellie and Michael Ziegler STEAM Makerspace” after two Valley philanthropists who donated $1.5 million to the Boys & Girls Club’s STEAM initiative. Krause donated its services to build the space and encouraged its engineers, contractors, vendors and suppliers to do the same.
