Little - California Higher Education

HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION

Little prides itself on creating living and learning environments that advance our clients’ individual goals, improve the quality of life within a campus community, and support student success. Our Higher Education experts have designed residence halls, living and learning centers, student centers, dining halls, performing arts centers, classrooms, libraries, laboratories, athletic facilities and administrative buildings.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

SANTA MONICA COLLEGE: ARTS

Santa Monica, CA 31,877 sf

Est. Completion 2024

COMPLEX

The success of this project started with the strong partnership among the A/E team and alignment with the College’s culture of diversity and equity. The collaborative process between Little (Architect of Record), Grimshaw (Design Partner), College leadership, the stakeholders, Board of Trustees and the community is yielding a complex that is welcoming and equitable for the students, faculty, staff and the arts community. Separated into three rectangular volumes connected by a central covered patio and several walkways, the facility bolsters a visionary take on the importance of the arts while aiming to promote experimentation across disciplines.

NEW

ORANGE COAST COLLEGE: KINESIOLOGY AND ATHLETICS COMPLEX

Costa Mesa, CA 113,000 sf Completed Fall 2020

Reflecting “movement”, a key characteristic of both kinesiology and athletics, the design of this stateof-the-art complex will help revitalize the campus of one of the nation’s largest community colleges. The new Kinesiology and Athletics Complex provides an expanded, modernized space for a wide variety of programs, including physical education, athletics, sports medicine, adapted physical education, and kinesiology studies. The most significant component is a new regulation-size pool for competitions and instructional classes that will allow the College to accommodate more community programs.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: STUDENT SERVICES & ADMINISTRATION

Cardiff, CA 10,200 sf Est. Completion 2021

Replacing an existing administration building on the Miracosta Community College San Elijo campus, this new facility consolidates all student services operations under one roof and provides a new high-tech, flexible multipurpose room to host lectures, board meetings and community events. From the very beginning, the design team formed a strategic partnership with stakeholders, working to develop the primary vision for the building: to become a gateway to the campus and beacon to the community, welcoming visitors and students, while attracting enrollment. The site design includes an intimate outdoor courtyard to support student gatherings and study sessions while an art walk features student murals on interchangable panels.

CRAFTON HILLS COLLEGE: CANYON HALL

Yucaipa, CA 45,000 sf Completed 2017

Capitalizing on its site overlooking a steep valley, the design of this LEED Silver Certified science building offers breathtaking views of the scenery while allowing daylight into the building and its laboratory spaces. Acting as a“connector” between the College’s existing campus and a newer campus development, Canyon Hall uses glass corridors to provide transparency, allowing passers-by to observe the learning and teaching of science as it occurs. The building houses teaching laboratories for the College’s courses in Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Biology and Microbiology, plus laboratory and building support spaces. It also includes an additional adjacent wing for lecture halls, faculty offices and lab tech offices.

GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: STUDENT SERVICES

Glendale, CA 94,224 sf

Completed 2018

The primary mission of all educational institutions is learning. Glendale Community College recognizes the many activities and programs outside of the classroom that enhance the learning process. In support of this learning, the College has established numerous student services to help students move toward the attainment of their goals. This new three-story.

LEED Silver Certified building includes lecture classrooms, open computer lab, creative writing/speech labs, anthropology lab, culinary arts food service program, faculty offices, and one-stop student services.

MUSIC MUSIC

WAYFINDING

MOORPARK COLLEGE: SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING

Moorpark, CA Campus-wide Est. Completion 2021

Understanding of the importance of proper planning to achieve effective wayfinding, Moorpark College requested Little, in association with Dawa, Inc., to analyze, plan and design an exterior wayfinding program for its campus. The team also designed the main monument signs, with embedded LED display for visual communication.

GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: VERDUGO GYMNASIUM EXPANSION

Glendale, CA 55,333 sf

Est. Completion 2021

This gymnasium expansion involves a seismic upgrade to half of the existing building and demolition/new construction to the second-half. The early collaboration with the College’s stakeholders and the multidisciplinary design team, composed of Little’s in-house architecture, structural engineering, land development (civil engineering and landscape architecture), LEED specialists, and digital animation/visualization teams, have allowed this project to be a success from the very beginning. This project includes extensive site development, including extending utilities, creating an entry plaza that traverses a 16 foot difference in topography, an amphitheater, and outdoor teaching areas that overlook the existing football stadium.

UC SAN DIEGO: MCGILL HALL SEISMIC UPGRADES

San Diego, CA 2,500 sf Est. Completion 2021

McGill Hall, on the National and California Historic Registers for it’s Brutalist style, was showing signs of deterioration. Little’s team, serving as executive architect, led the design of the structural retrofit that included a seismic upgrade along with column repairs and flat site work to accomplish accessible compliance.

As part of the schematic design phase, the team performed on-site testing to provide the University with options on how to address the upgrades while maintaining the historic characteristics of the building.

RENOVATION / UPGRADE

Oceanside, CA 18,800 sf Est. Completion 2022

Focused on accommodating future growth and workstyles, this renovation aligned with the client’s budget while utilizing a design concept that reflects the MiraCosta Oceanside vibe through a coastal pallet of blues and tans. Working together, Little’s workplace and higher education teams created a revitalized space that is functional, effective and efficient while allowing students, employees and community members to feel welcome, comfortable and productive.

MIRACOSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: B500 CLASSROOM BUILDING

Cardiff, CA 7,300 sf

Completed 2020

Little worked with MiraCosta College District and the San Elijo Campus on the modernization of the B500 Classroom and Office Building. This project was essential to the overall goals of the District to improve and modernize campus-wide services; energy management improvement operations; and goals to enhance the overall experience of students, faculty, and visitors to a newly modernized campus in alignment with the Facilities Master Plan.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

KINESIOLOGY

Project Name

DSA CCD Location Size

WORKFORCE

CLASSROOM

TRAINING

SCIENCE & TECH

ARTS

VISUAL / PERFORMING

Claremont McKenna College, Tennis Stadium

Claremont, CA N/A College of the Sequoias: Gymnasium

Visalia, CA 61,262 sf

Glendale College, PE Gymnasium Glendale, CA 55,333 sf

Orange Coast College, Kinesiology & Athletics Phase I

Saddleback College, Women’s Locker Room

Costa Mesa, CA 113,000 sf

Mission Viejo, CA 15,500 sf

Victor Valley College, Adaptive PE Victorville, CA 11,400 sf

College of the Sequoias, Tulare Center

Tulare, CA 110,00 sf

Compton College, Student Success Center Compton, CA 44,768 sf

Cuyamaca College, Communication Arts San Diego, CA 84,000 sf

MiraCosta College, San Elijo Campus, B500 Classroom Cardiff, CA 7,300 sf

MiraCosta College, Student Services Building Cardiff, CA 11,320 Sf

Miramar College, Arts & Humanities & Math San Diego, CA 90,300 sf

San Bernardino Valley College, North Hall

San Bernardino, CA 49,800 sf

Sierra Community College, Nevada County Campus Grass Valley, CA 34,300 sf

Compton College, Cosmetology Compton, CA 3,360 sf

Antelope Valley College, Autobody Lancaster, CA 4,400 sf Hartnell College, Technical Training Building Alisal, CA 67,000 sf

Palo Verde College, Technology Building Blythe, CA 67,000 sf San Diego CCD, Skills Center San Diego, CA 67,000 sf

Crafton Hills College, Science Building Yucaipa, CA 45,000 sf

Harvey Mudd College, Parsons Lab & Design Studio Claremont, CA 3,000 sf

San Bernardino Valley College, Science Building San Bernardino, CA 57,000 sf

Victor Valley College, Health & Science Victorville, CA 22,100 sf

Antelope Valley College, Performing Arts Center Lancaster, CA 32,000 sf College of the Canyons, Performing Arts Center Valencia, CA 47,000 sf

Cuyamaca College, Communication Arts

San Diego, CA 84,000 sf

Cuesta College, Theater San Luis Obispo, CA 24,000 sf

Miramar College, Arts & Humanities & Math

San Diego, CA 90,300 sf

Palo Verde College, Performing Arts Center Blythe, CA 37,033 sf

Sacramento City College, Performing Arts Renovation Sacramento, CA 52,000 sf

San Bernardino Valley College, Theater Renovations

Santa Monica CC, Arts Complex

San Bernardino, CA 13,000 sf

Santa Monica, CA 31,877 sf

Moorpark College, Wayfinding Moorpark, CA N/A