Cabrillo College, Visual %26 Performing Arts Village
Aptos, CaliforniaGuided by a 1997 campus master plan, the 125,000 SF Visual %26 Performing Arts Village raises the visibility of the Cabrillo College's growing theater, music and visual arts programs. The eight-acre site orients five buildings around courtyards, reinforcing campus community and promoting interdisciplinary interaction among students and faculty. The Village is designed with a kit of parts, in which the variously scaled and configured buildings--Theater Arts, Music, 3-D Art, 2-D Art and the Forum lecture hall--share a common architectural vocabulary and material palette. The buildings form a buffering edge to perimeter traffic and create a calm pedestrian center. Students crossing the campus pass through the Village and become exposed to the energy in the arts disciplines.