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Portfolio: Education
Community Colleges
High Tech CenterSan Jose Community College District This 80,000 s.f. project consist of a 5-story, mixed use office and high technology lab facility. Facility planning and programming are key elements to this facility as it holds community college activities in conjunction with high tech business ventures. Offices and research labs are combined with classrooms to create a public/private partnership. This project represents the first Design-Build Community College project completed in the State of California. |
Main Campus Building, Cerro Coso Community CollegeKern Community College District Ridgecrest, CA This Phase I project was designed to house an entire junior college in one megastructure. The 75,000 sq. ft. structure houses classrooms, administration, labs, lecture halls, cafeteria and a 3-story campus center. |
Gymnasium, Cerro Coso Community CollegeKern Community College District Ridgecrest, CA This 34,000 sq. ft. facility includes a 22,500 sq. ft. Gymnasium which houses a championship basketball court with seating for 1,300 spectators. Areas for floor exercises, weight training and raquetball courts are also provided. |
Classroom Building Addition, Cerro Coso Community CollegeKern Community College District Ridgecrest, CA This 8,427 sq. ft. addition is connected to the main building via a bridge. Classrooms are located on the second floor on a "stilts" structure. |
Occupational Labs, Cerro Coso Community CollegeKern Community College District Ridgecrest, CA 22,000 square foot single story facility housing machine shop, welding shop, technical labs and automotive shop. A solar lab is located on the roof. |
Childcare Center, Cerro Coso Community CollegeKern Community College District Ridgecrest, CA A single story 7,800 square foot Child Care Facility, serving the college faculty as well as the entire community. |
Downtown Center, Bakersfield CollegeKern Community College District Bakersfield, CA The Kern Community College District was in need of a new facility in the central city area of Bakersfield. Their initial studies indicated it was not feasible to remodel an existing structure due to cost and aesthetics, and a new facility was simply beyond their budget. Our studies, however, suggested that we could indeed remodel an existing structure into a facility they would be proud of and that would be within their very tight budget. BFGC completely transformed the exterior by applying a new organic-rusting steel and brick veneer facelift, cutting large window openings to bring natural lighting into the interior, planting rows of street trees along the two public sidewalks, closing the street between building and parking lot (we approached the city to fund a beautification project where a sea of asphalt has existed), and planting a series of parking lot tress, lawn and benches to soften the urban environment. The project was purchased and remodeled for an incredible $28.78/s.f. It won a national design award for creative recycling of a “throw-away” building. |