The Oxnard College Performing Arts Classroom & Auditorium complex will be the new home for the performing arts program and Oxnard College Television. This new multi-use complex will be the college's largest capacity lecture hall and auditorium space and it will also serve as a major campus design statement and community icon due to its prominent location.
The team held a series of workshops and design charettes, soliciting input from campus users and specialty consultants. Both the 400-seat auditorium and 100-seat "black-box" theater will accommodate a wide spectrum of uses. Additional classrooms and support spaces are designed to consolidate various programs that are relevant to the program.
The design of the complex complements and enhances the interior campus green spaces, as well as being sensitive to the other existing and newly-planned buildings. The thoughtfully-designed outdoor plaza and its relationship with adjacent and future buildings serves to create a distinguishable centralized "Courtyard for the Arts." The rotated forms, differing heights and butterfly roofs create a powerful image facing the street.
Awards: 2006 Community College Facility Coalition Award of Honor, 2008 American School and University Award for Outstanding Design
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