For Immediate Release: September 3, 2008
Construction Underway for HGA-designed Napa Valley College Instructional Center for Performing Arts
Los Angeles, MN - Construction is underway for the new instructional center for performing arts at Napa Valley College in Napa, Calif. Designed by the San Francisco office of HGA Architects and Engineers, the complex will include multiple spaces for music and theater department performances and instruction.
HGA has coordinated with a number of consultants, as well as vetted the design with faculty, staff and students, to best accommodate several academic and performance uses within the center. The resulting 48,000-square-foot facility will feature: a 550-seat theater; a black box theater; music recital venue; theater, choral, orchestral and piano rehearsal spaces; offices; and a scene and costume shop.
The instructional center for performing arts will serve as a state-of-the-art teaching and performance center, welcoming visitors at the north entrance of the campus. The facility will also further Napa Valley College's mission to engage students by providing high quality programs and services that promote learning.
The center is part of the $133.8 million bond measure passed by Napa County voters in 2002. In addition to providing design services, HGA has also been assisting the college in securing private donations to enhance the project.
"We have made presentations at multiple fundraising events to help the college bring this project to fruition," said Fredric Sherman, AIA, principal-in-charge of the project. "The instructional center for performing arts will provide students with superior performance resources and learning spaces."
Construction is scheduled for completion in spring 2010.
HGA's design team includes Fredric Sherman, Loren Ahles, Todd Kraft, Esther Gonzalez-Parber and Ryan Combies.
Additional consultants include Forell / Elsesser Engineers, Inc., structural engineer; Timmons Engineers, mechanical, electrical, plumbing; Chaudhary %26 Associates, civil engineer; Acoustic Dimensions, acoustical engineer; O'Mahoney %26 Myer, electrical engineer; Sandis, civil engineer; Auerbach · Pollock · Friedlander, theater consultant; Kate Keating Associates Inc., signage; and Quadriga, landscape architecture. Broward Brothers Inc., is the general contractor.
:: Napa Valley College, Performing Arts Center
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