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.