OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MASTER PLAN
Triad Design Group with urban design and university master planning specialist,
Ferrell Madden Lewis LLC, are developing a long range Master Site Plan for Oklahoma
City Community College as a guide for future buildings, grounds, and outdoor events.
Priorities of the Master Plan are to: develop and enhance the pedestrian-friendly
campus in an environmentally sustainable manner; maintain the sense of campus community;
and strengthen college-community relationships.
Established in 1972, the rapidly expanding South Oklahoma City commuter college
currently has a combined student/faculty population of over 13,000. The campus center
is only a five minute walk from perimeter parking areas and is easily accessible
from Oklahoma City roadways. The Master Site Plan is a continuation of OCCC's committed
strategy for planned growth represented in thirty years of Triad architectural design:
The Keith Leftwich Memorial Library.
The iconic red roof peak of the four-story library is a South Oklahoma City landmark
and is emblematic of the College. Twenty-first century library services are housed
on the first two floors of the 109,000 sq. ft. building, sharing space on the third
floor with the Division of Information Technology and student computer lab. The
offices of Economic and Community Development are on the fourth floor.
The Aquatic Center.
Designed as an outdoor venue for the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival events, the Center
was enclosed in 1991 and received the 2002 National Recreation and Parks Association
Award of Excellence. The competitive pool is 50 meters long and 25 meters wide with
a movable bulkhead to provide flexibility for 25-yard or 50-meter meets. A separate
diving well 18' 6" deep is equipped with four one-meter springboards, four three-meter
springboards, and platforms at five, seven, and ten meters. Planning is underway
for improvements to maintain the Center's cutting edge status.
Site of "Arts Festival Oklahoma".
In 2007, OCCC celebrated its 30th year as host to one of the Southwest's top arts
festivals on a new permanent site designed by Triad. The juried art show now has
customized spaces for Mixed Media Artists, Crafters, Children's Activities, Performance
Stage, Pedestrian Plaza, and Dining Pavilion.
The 2009 Master Plan follows realization of the three defining projects of OCCC's
2003 "Vision of the Future":
The Robert P. Todd Science Engineering and Math Center.
Opened in 2007, the $10 million, 65,500 sq. ft. complex was built as a second story
above the existing science facility. It provides space for a world-class botany
classroom and greenhouse, new programs in bioinformatics, GIS, nano-technology,
and the expansion of existing engineering and biotechnology programs.
The Health Professions Center (HPC).
Fall 2008 classes began in the $7,000,000 two-story, facility expansion which consolidated
OCCC's health care programs into one 42,879 sq. ft. complex. Areas vacated by the
relocation will be renovated as faculty offices for the Nursing Professions Department.
The Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Phase I of the 50,000 square foot Visual and Performing Arts Center opened in October, 2008, including Divisions of Film and Video, Visual Arts, Music, and Photography. Phase II of the VPAC, The Performing Arts Theater, is scheduled to begin construction in 2010. The 1,100 seat acoustical Theater with proscenium stage will boast state-of-the-art audio, lighting, projections, and recording studio.
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