The Quad + Future Pedestrian Spine

“Quads are the heartbeat of campus, a central gathering space usually anchored by an institution’s major buildings. They also contribute a major part of the character and identity of a campus and university.”

— Brent Wittmeir University Affairs, 2021

The design also allows for the future development of a perimeter connector road that will swing along the outside of the ATSSC’s parking lot and loop to the Keats Science Building and V. Earl Dickinson Building. Preliminary design approvals were in 2020, with a four month net-zero energy redesign taking construction documents into 2021. The project is currently under construction with an estimated completion date of early winter 2024.

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Spatial Variety

The combination of programs was a result of necessity. They needed and wanted a student center and then they also had a need for technical training as a result of some of the legislation about supporting workforce training.

The two-story north bar of the building houses the academic / advising wing, which includes the Advanced Technical Training Department on Level One and a one-stop On-Boarding Center on Level Two. Advanced manufacturing and robotics spaces, instructional spaces, and study areas benefit from direct connection to a proposed work terrace via a pair of large overhead garage doors. These doors also enable the labs to receive deliveries of equipment, instrumentation, and materials that their curricula depend on. The On-Boarding Center provides everything a new student needs to begin her journey at PVCC and is organized into suites of rooms that integrate related personnel and functions around common resources and shared circulation.