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Da Vinci Hall, Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, CA
Art on display.
Designed for chance collaboration.
Inspiration in every detail
Built in the late 1960’s, Da Vinci Hall needed a completely new approach to serve the art department of Los Angeles City College and to meet new pedagogical needs for flexibility and technology integration. Working closely with Los Angeles City College, HED conducted programming workshops with the building’s departments to determine appropriate space allocation of the building’s 63,325 SF to promote collaboration between the disciplines and programs, including art and architecture, journalism, photography, an art gallery, computer applications, office technology, general assignment classrooms, administrative offices, and support functions.

State-of-the-art technology was implemented in active learning classroom spaces and art labs to support current trends in pedagogy. These new classrooms provide open flexible space for a variety of configurations and uses with ample natural light through a clerestory window wall system. The display of art was important to both the faculty and students, so the design team created a variety of public spaces throughout the facility, including a gallery and display cases. The gallery provides a curated event space for both student work and invited artist collections to integrate the different disciplines within the building and provide opportunity for inspiration.
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Results
Energy costs were a critical part of the success of the project, so the HED team addressed unique sustainability challenges by introducing new double glazed window systems and designing mechanical and plumbing systems to provide the most appropriate balance of life cycle cost.
Emphasis was placed on creating a modern look while keeping the building within the campus context of the historic quad and existing horizontal language of the building’s exposed slab edges.
Project Data
Da Vinci Hall 2010-00023-000
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California
PROJECT SCOPE
Renovation
HED ROLE
Architecture (Full Service), Mechanical/ Plumbing Engineering, Electrical Engineering
RSF/GSF
63,300
CONSTRUCTION COST
$15.8 Million
Project Team
  • Brent Miller
    AIA, LEED AP BD+C
    Principal
    Business Leader | Higher Education
  • Kevin Shibata
    RA
    Principal
    Project Management
  • Karla Sandoval
    Design
  • Rafael Noriega
    LEED AP
    Associate
    Electrical Design
  • Jessica Valdez
    Administrative Services
  • Sean Bani
    PE, LEED AP
    Principal
    Electrical Engineering
  • Gerard Palody
    PE
    Associate
    Electrical Engineering
  • Sharo Saremi
    PE
    Associate
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Katherine Cong
    RA
    Associate
    Architecture
  • Megumi Hironaka
    AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
    Associate Principal
    Architecture | Sustainable Design Leader
  • Keith Tyschper
    AIA, LEED AP
    Principal
    Technical Architecture Leader
Designed for chance collaboration.
Da Vinci Hall, Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT DATA
Art on display.