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The recently completed El Camino College Administration Center project consisted of demolishing the existing 1950’s Administration Building and replacing it while including appropriate contemporary administrative functions. The main objective was to bring together all the administrative programs into a single, flexible, welcoming, modern building appropriate to creating synergies that would enhance and facilitate communication among departments. Other objectives were to create a new Administration building that sets the tone for...

June 30, 2020 - The recently completed West Valley College Student Services Center provides a clear community entrance gateway to a traditional insular campus. It is designed to be Student-Centric, welcoming, and directing the student to the services which foster their success. The architecture is distinctive while still reflecting the naturalistic materials of the campus architecture. It also is seamlessly inter/woven to the fabric of the campus circulation system. The...

April 30, 2020 - Upon entering the West Valley Planetarium, visitors are greeted at the welcome desk and introduced to the awe and wonder of the interactive exhibit hall. The hall includes both rotating astronomy exhibits and permanent displays such as a Foucault Pendulum and a Meridian Line Projector. Further exploration leads to the heart of the planetarium, a uniquely suspended, 41’ diameter domed theater. There, visitors can recline comfortably...

March 3, 2020 - A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the West Valley College Student Services Building. The two-story building brings together disparate student services into a new center designed to be student-centered. Immediate orientation to the building is accomplished with a 2-story atrium space allowing views to every department. The architecture reflects the naturalistic materials of the original campus architecture. ...

January 29, 2020 - tBP/Architecture has three projects currently in progress at Compton College: The Student Services Center, a landmark gateway building facilitating access to the heart of the campus; the Administration Building Renovation, one of the oldest buildings on campus; and Instructional Building #2, a State-Funded building with the goal to re-enliven the north side of the campus for interdisciplinary programs. The three buildings total over 76,000 SF.             Compton College...