Wenatchee Valley College Music and Arts Center Wenatchee, Washington 27, 696 SF

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1 Wenatchee Valley College Music and Arts Center Wenatchee, Washington 27, 696 SF The MAC is a shared facility for the Music and Art programs, providing much-needed studio space for Art, and state-of-the-art, acoustically-designed rehearsal and performance space for Music. The space requirements are diverse and specific to enhancing the education missions of each department. The building is organized into two distinct wings the Music program to the south and the Art program to the north with a shared student gallery / lobby area that provides an important, shared transitional knuckle connecting both wings and becoming the heart of the building. The music program includes a 150-seat recital hall, rehearsal space, recording studios (one containing a video / photography booth), classrooms, practice spaces, and support areas. The fine arts program includes painting, ceramics, sculpture and 2-D design/print-making studios, graphic design studios, exhibition spaces, classrooms, and support areas. The sculptural glass and steel entry knuckle connects the wings and provides an element of hierarchy for the building as well as an expansive glass wall adjacent to a covered art patio with views to the historic Well s House to the north. The greatest challenge was to separate the art and music wings because of unique program needs and diverse system requirements, while preserving the prized, park-like setting with the strategic location of the building between valued specimen trees. Needing natural light in the art wing, north light is brought into the studios by utilizing large double-height windows. Versatility is provided in two art studios through the use of overhead doors, allowing seasonal expansion / access to the outdoors while capturing views of the campus to the north. The music wing auditorium features acoustically shaped gills, reflecting colored light at the west wall. The building strives to be sculptural and a piece of art itself with simple brick planes and metal panels, with hot-rolled steel siding at the student gallery object. This siding will patina over time adding more tonal value and texture to this compositional element. Overall the landscape is intended to blend and complement this popular park-like setting of the campus while utilizing native grasses and drought tolerant plants in selected areas. Sustainable design initiatives were intentionally incorporated into the design even though LEED Certification was not a high-priority for the owner. As an inherent part of the designer s philosophy, the issues of sustainable design were at the forefront and resulted in an energy-efficient building currently seeking LEED Silver/Gold Certification.

2 SITE PLAN

3 FLOOR PLAN

4 SECTION

5 WEST ELEVATION GALLERY

6 NORTHWEST ELEVATION

7 WEST ELEVATION

8 NORTH ELEVATION

9 SOUTHWEST CORNER

10 NORTH ELEVATION / ART STUDIOS

11 LOBBY / GALLERY NORTH PATIO

12 LOBBY / STUDENT GALLERY

13 RECITAL HALL

14 STUDENT GALLERY

15 COMPUTER GRAPHICS STUDIO