{"id":4221,"date":"2020-10-30T14:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:32:44","slug":"a-pair-of-design-awards-for-palomars-lrc-rancho-bernardo-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/a-pair-of-design-awards-for-palomars-lrc-rancho-bernardo-center\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pair of Design Awards for Palomar\u2019s LRC, Rancho Bernardo Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"open-para\">The Community College Facility Coalition recognizes two of the college\u2019s most recent construction projects, including the Education Center in Rancho Bernardo.<\/p>\n<p>SAN MARCOS \u2014 Two major building projects funded by Prop. M at Palomar have won design awards from the Sacramento-based Community College Facility Coalition (CCFC), the latest in a series of awards earned by the newest Palomar College facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Rancho Bernardo Education Center and Library\/Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the San Marcos campus were multi-year projects that created new opportunities for students and changed their respective landscapes. Each has been named for a CCFC award to be presented in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recognition validates the hard work that our Facilities team put into bringing these projects to life,\u201d said Interim Superintendent\/President Dr. Jack Kahn. \u201cCongratulations are also due to our architect, LPA, Inc., whose designs have contributed so much to the beautification and modernization of our facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CCFC is a \u201cstatewide coalition composed of community college districts, facility planners, architects, developers, financial institutions, attorneys and consultants.\u201d It will present the awards virtually during its 27th annual conference on Wednesday, November 12.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rancho Bernardo Education Center\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Award of Merit \u2014 Modernization Category (2020)<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The Rancho Bernardo Education Center opened in May 2018 following extensive renovations to a new office building that had never been used, upgrades to its accompanying parking structure, and various improvements to the 27-acre site west of Interstate 15 off Rancho Bernardo Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe basically gutted the building, which had what we call \u2018core and shell\u2019\u2014the shell being the exterior walls, and the core being the walls only around the restrooms, stairs and elevators,\u201d said Dennis Astl, Manager of Construction &amp; Facilities Planning at Palomar. \u201cThe rest of the floor plan was wide open for design improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To bring the building up to state building standards for community college facilities, crews added upgraded all of the structural steel, then added three stairwells on the outside of the building and built out the 110,000 square-foot interior.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Center represented a major southward expansion for the Palomar Community College District, providing a convenient satellite location for students in the southern portion of the district.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Library\/LRC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Award of Excellence \u2014 Growth Category (2020)<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The new Library\/LRC that opened in February 2019 has now won five design awards, making it the second-most awarded project behind the Maintenance &amp; Operations (M&amp;O) building, which has garnered 14 awards.<\/p>\n<p>The four-story, 85,000 square-foot building is built around an expansive entry atrium, with a variety of collaborative study spaces, classrooms, training and meeting rooms, labs, and other learning-centered areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very student-centric design, and we tried to provide a lot of space for students,\u201d Astl said. \u201cAnother major goal was to make it very well-lit with daylight, in contrast to the old library, which lacked appropriate lighting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community College Facility Coalition recognizes two of the college\u2019s most recent construction projects, including the Education Center in Rancho Bernardo. 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