Academic and Performing Arts Center, Central Piedmont Community College.IT'S FITTING THAT THE CENTRAL CAMPUS OF CPCC CPCC Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, NC) CPCC Certified Professional Co-Active Coach CPCC Canadian Private Copying Collective (Canada) CPCC Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee , LOCATED SEConds from downtown Charlotte, N.C., has an inviting front door. * FUNCTION: Multi-use facility with performing arts space (including a 1,000-seat theater), studios and classrooms, and a student life center. * CHALLENGES: The mostly stucco stucco (stŭk`ō), in architecture, a term loosely applied to various kinds of plasterwork, both exterior and interior. It now commonly refers to a plaster or cement used for the external coating of buildings, most frequently employed in campus buildings, dating back to the late 1960s and early 1970s, "made the college look institutional, rather than collegiate," says President Tony Zeiss. And thanks to southern U.S. humidity, outrageous maintenance costs included having to either paint or power wash the buildings annually. "That just underscored our decision," he explains. In addition, the most visible area of campus to the community was blighted blight n. 1. a. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues. b. and in need of new life. * DESIGN SOLUTIONS: The 130,000-square-foot Academic and Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. can't be missed as people travel away from downtown. "It's our signature building," says Zeiss, who is confident that "it sends a really beautiful, if not magnificent, signal to the community that this is a fine and highly respectable institution of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. ." As other campus buildings are renovated, they'll get a similar look. * PROJECT COST: $31 million * COMPLETED: Fall 2005 * ARCHITECT: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Charlotte --M.E. |
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