The Gardens of Binghamton combines a church, public baths, and meditation spaces to address a shortage of green space in Binghamton by reviving the city's many abandoned gardens. The project ties sacred space to plants and water rather than treating greenery as an add-on.

Two entries organize movement through the building: one toward the church, one toward the baths. Each path has its own logic, and keeping them distinct within the same building was a central organizational decision.

Housing is threaded through the project so that each resident has a private garden as well as access to communal ones. Views from the housing look down into the public levels below, including the pools and gathering areas, so the community dimension is visible from the private one.

The meditative spaces are lit by natural light filtered down through perforations in the building's layered construction. The combination of filtered light, integrated planting, and water produces an atmosphere of quiet throughout the project.