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A cooling center for Washington, D.C. with architecture and natural environment. Staircases are essential elements. They are boundaries to distinguish inside and outside; links that integrate spaces together; pathways that people walk on to experience the architecture and outside nature; dynamic social spaces where people take rest and hang out.