College of DuPage Technology Education Center

Project Info

LEED NC SILVER

Categories

Education

LOCATION

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

SIZE

190,000 sf

Services Provided

programming, benchmarking, architecture, interior design, LEED management

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit, American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter;
Citation of Merit for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter;
Mies van der Rohe Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Illinois Chapter;
American School and University Architectural Portfolio

Key Personnel

Avram Lothan

Description

The new four-story building contains a diverse and complex set of programs and educational spaces to support technology-based career training courses. The client wanted the building to serve as an example of quality and sustainable applications for construction and automotive technologies trades that traditionally contradict environmental consideration.

Designed to be used as a teaching tool, the building’s architectural expression reveals structural and MEP systems which is useful to students studying environmental applications for those trades. Contrasting exterior materials visually articulate the rich functional mix of interior spaces. The siting, massing and orientation of the building respond to parking, vehicular and pedestrian traffic, preservation of nature areas, and future building development. The result is a unique facility that implements the College’s mission of cultivating new ideas while expressing its tech-savvy image.
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