MOOS @ Buckeye

The MOOS program started in Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood in January 2015 at our first project site on Britt Oval, an open space across the street from St. Luke's Pointe. Once a vacant hospital building, St. Luke's Pointe is now home to numerous community organizations, a 72-apartment senior housing facility, and an inter-generational playscape. The students have lots of opportunities to see how diverse user groups at this active and multi-generational site respond to their designs for both temporary and permanent projects, making it a great home base for the Buckeye MOOS crew.

In addition to improvements on the Britt Oval green space and the inter-generational playscape, so far students have worked on designs for pedestrian crosswalks, neighborhood wayfinding, transit waiting environments, and public art installations. Student design work has even helped to guide future investments in their neighborhood, as with Britt Oval where their projects and ideas have been incorporated into formal plans for the future of this open space.

After some pandemic-related delays, Fall 2020 will be the sixth year the MOOS crew is building in the Buckeye neighborhood. Building on momentum from a successful collaboration in 2019 with Edwin’s Butcher Shop on Buckeye Road, our focus area will expand outward from open spaces surrounding the St. Luke’s campus to create designs for commercial corridors throughout the neighborhood.