INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING 1

INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING 1 The Instructional Building 1 (IB1) will provide the first 21st century general assignment instructional space for SWC and is positioned on the campus to provide a gateway experience from the ring road into the heart of campus. This project creates a sense of arrival and intuitive wayfinding through a series of nodes along the ‘Arroyo’ that leads pedestrians through the center of the project along the north-south axis to the quad. The clusters of buildings are oriented to take advantage of daylight and wind direction for passive ventilation while creating usable outdoor courtyards that have a distinct character from the rest of the exterior landscaping. These courtyards are conceived as a series of outdoor rooms for users to gather, rest, and study either in groups or on their own. The site landscape will be a continuation of the adjacent IT Building including, modern pedestrian paving, landscape boulders and cobble surfacing, shade and flowering trees and refreshing water wise plantings.

Instructional Building 1 from the emergency access walk at the core of campus. *Rendering by Gensler

Instructional Building 1 with academic courtyards that provide flexible seating.