Portland Community College Newberg Center in Oregon by Hennebery Eddy Architects

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Portland Community College (PCC), Oregon’s largest institution of higher learning, serves residents in five counties. Its mission is to “advance the region’s long-term vitality by delivering accessible, quality education to support the academic, professional, and personal development of the…communities PCC serve(s)”.

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• Architects: Hennebery Eddy Architects
• Project: Portland Community College Newberg Center
• Location: Newberg, Oregon, USA
• Project Completion Date: August, 2011]
• Project Site: Previously Undeveloped Land
• Project Type: Education – College/University (campus-level)
• Project Site Context/Setting: Rural
• Building Gross Floor Area: 13,500 square feet
• Other Building Description: New
• BOMA Floor area method used: Yes
• Hours of Operation: 8:30am to 8:30pm M-F, 8:30am to 2pm Saturday
• Total project cost at time of completion, land excluded: $7,200,000.00
• Software used: Revit

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As part of a bond measure to expand classroom space, PCC purchased a 15-acre site in Newberg, a small town in the Willamette Valley, to develop a new educational facility. The 13,500-square-foot PCC Newberg Center is the initial building in the master plan. A required street extension through the site and a future bypass right-of-way led the design team to position parking south of the street, adjacent to the bypass, creating a pedestrian-only campus to the north.

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As the first building on the site, creating a welcoming sense of place was critical to the success of the campus. The large, south-facing roof reaches beyond the building’s shell to create a sheltered entry plaza – the front door to the campus. Organized around a central circulation spine, three classrooms and an administrative suite flank the north side. Multi-purpose rooms to the south shift and rotate to create a dynamic central commons for student, teacher, and community interaction.

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Tags: Newberg, Oregon

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