For Immediate Release: December 19, 2007
HGA Wins Award of Merit for Visual, Communication and Performing Arts Complex at Chaffey College
Los Angeles, CA - HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has won an Award of Merit through the Community College Facility Coalition (CCFC) for the Visual, Communication and Performing Arts Complex at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The complex's two main buildings, the Art Center and Music Building, were cited in the Project-in-Design Phase category for projects pending construction.
"This award recognizes the contribution strong architecture makes to the educational and creative experience," said Michael Ross, vice president and managing principal with HGA's Los Angeles office. "The Music Building and Art Center are designed to strengthen the campus' growing arts programs."
The Visual, Communications and Performing Arts complex is part of an overall campus master plan by HGA that envisions an "Arts Village" at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. HGA designed the two key buildings to enhance campus circulation, site views, and natural light.
The Art Center, which will be used for dance, visual arts and digital media, is strategically oriented as the village gateway on the campus' northern perimeter, with the smaller Music Building defining the eastern perimeter. The Art Center is visually open to the campus, allowing passersby to glimpse activities inside through expansive windows and glass bi-fold doors that expand the performance spaces to the exterior. The Music Building, clad in stucco and architectural panels, is more enclosed for greater acoustic and auditory accuracy.
Construction is estimated to begin on the arts complex in January 2008.
CCFC provides advocacy for facility issues and critical information to community college districts on facility matters. The Award of Merit was presented at the CCFC annual conference in Sacramento, Calif. in November 2007.
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