该建筑作为佩里斯市新的纪念和行政设施与音乐体验中心一样对它的所在地表达了敬仰并且可容纳更多样的功能与活动。在没有一个清晰明确的主题的情况下，我们提出用周围自然环境作为本建筑和使用人群的灵感来源。设计中强调了佩里斯峡谷的自然现象，使得使用者可以体验和反思这里的历史和地貌景观。办公空间围绕着一系列庭院展开。天空守望者、地球厅、风室以及水上花园，每一个都强调了峡谷的独特的特征。在现存建筑和新的文化中心建筑之间设计了一个中心丘形的转换空间，同时此空间也作为城市新的大尺度聚集空间。文化中心的停车场被兰花树覆盖，使得自然景观可以自然延续到建筑中。此设计为国际竞赛的一等奖作品。

The program for the Civic Center calls for new ceremonial and administrative facilities for the city of Perris. Like the Experience Music Project’s building, this Civic Center expresses a tribute to the place in which it is located, as well as accommodates a wide range of programmatic activities. In the absence of an explicit and well-defined theme, we used the experience of the surrounding natural environment as inspiration for the buildings and the citizens who would use them. Our design for the project is intended to highlight the natural phenomena of the Perris Valley, making the Civic Center a place where the citizens can explore their history and landscape. The office spaces are designed around a series of courtyards, the Sky Catcher, the Earth Chamber, the Wind Chamber, and the Water Garden, each of which emphasizes a particular aspect of the Valley. A central mound-shaped space mediates between the existing buildings and the new components of the Civic Center, while providing a large-scale gathering space for the city. Parking for the Civic Center is accommodated under a grove of Jacaranda trees, which is expected to extend to adjacent sites.The project is the winner of an invited design competition. The project team consisted of Adelè Naudé Santos and Associates, San Diego, Architects Wallace Roberts and Todd, San Diego, Landscape Architects and Mathieu Gregoire, Artist.