New Business and Technology Center gives IVC Campus a boost
The building highlights energy efficiency and sustainability at Irvine Valley College
04.20.2009 – (IRVINE, CA) If you’ve driven by Irvine Valley College lately, chances are you’ve seen a new building spring up next to the angular Performing Arts Center. The new Irvine Valley College Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center (BSTIC) gives students and faculty 54,000 square feet of classroom, office, lab and social space. The two-story building houses the information technology department, business science classrooms, computer labs, lecture rooms, and a resource library.
“This new BSTIC building will raise the business community’s awareness of Irvine Valley College, and will attract new business contacts and students to the college as we finish moving into the building,” describes Bob Urell, Chair of the School of Business Sciences at Irvine Valley College.
While still in the move in process, faculty, students and staff are already pleased with their new building. “Reaction has been overwhelmingly positive,” adds Urell. The extra space is appreciated along with the cohesive look the building gives the campus. Positioned between the angle-rich Performing Arts Center, the créme-colored library and a cluster of brick classrooms, the Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center combines elements of each.
“This is what we call ''Campus Enrichment,” explains Glenn Carels, higher education Design Principal from LPA Inc. “And notice, it doesn’t look forced. It’s about much more than this one building, the design pulls the look of the entire campus together. We were even able to incorporate corrugated metal from a police building on the opposite side of campus.”
For those familiar with LPA, they’ll recognize the contemporary aesthetic and abundance of green features the firm is known by. The Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center uses various Sustainable Design features which include: appropriate building orientation, overhangs for shading, recycled and recyclable materials, and a free-standing skin, or wall, adjacent to the building which reduces heat gain caused by the hot afternoon sun.
Materials used in the building are durable and long-lasting which means fewer maintenance costs and a more enjoyable post-occupancy experience. “We chose these materials to give the building a longer life and a looser fit,” continues Carels. Full operation and move in is expected by August 2009, with an official dedication slated for October 2009.
“We are extremely pleased with the facility and the design is better than we ever imagined it would be,” finishes Urell. “LPA has been helpful, easy to work with, and very responsive to our needs.”
For more information, visit www.ivc.edu or www.lpainc.com.
Irvine Valley College
5500 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
About Irvine Valley College
Since 1985, IVC has been serving students and residents of the community who are looking to obtain a degree or certificate, enhance their career qualifications, or improve basic skills. IVC’s transfer rate is #1 in Orange County and #3 among all California community colleges. Their students transfer successfully not only to UC and CSU campuses but to prestigious universities across the nation.
About LPA Inc.
Founded in 1965, LPA has more than 225 employees with offices in Irvine and Roseville, Calif. LPA provides services in architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, signage and graphics. They have more LEED-certified buildings than any firm in the state and of their employees, more than 70 percent are LEED accredited professionals.
With extensive experience in public and private architecture, LPA designs a diversity of facilities that span from civic and corporate establishments to K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Their passion for Higher Education design manifests itself in more than 80 projects, 25 of which were completed during the past five years and won 37 awards for excellence in educational design.
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- Design Principal: Glenn Carels, AIA, LEED AP
- Managing Principal: Chris Torrey, AIA, LEED AP
- Project Manager: James Raver, AIA
- Interior Designer: Winston Bao, LEED AP
- Landscape Architect: Rich Bienvenu, ASLA, LEED AP
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- 1) The new Irvine Valley College Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center (BSTIC).
2) The BSTIC building with the Performing Arts Center in the background.
3) This free-standing wall blocks the sun to keep glare off computers and heat out of the student lounge.
4) The Student Lounge provides plenty of social space.
5) Corrugated metal gives the BSTIC and Campus Police building a similar look and feel, although these buildings are on opposite sides of campus.
6) Lecture rooms in the BSTIC center are spacious and high tech. Local businesses are encouraged to use these facilities for lectures and trainings.
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