Foothill-De Anza Community College Expands Campuses

Foothill-De Anza Community College will expand its California facilities with the construction of two new buildings. In Los Altos, the Foothill Physical Sciences Village will provide three separate buildings to house the Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Nanotechnology, and Astronomy departments. The Classroom building includes six 40-seat classrooms and two 72-seat lecture rooms, while the Laboratory building holds four chemistry laboratories, two physics laboratories, and three multipurpose laboratories to be shared by the Astronomy and Engineering departments. The lab building also has a suite for nanotechnology and materials engineering instruction. The Commons building includes a faculty conference room and a student lounge with coffee shop. Six breakout rooms for informal student-faculty meetings or group project work and a student testing center are located adjacent to the 16 faculty offices. In Cupertino, the 65,000-sf Mediated Learning Center will provide distance education facilities, technology-rich classrooms, a teaching lab, and an anthropology exhibit lab. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the Mediated Learning Center. Both projects are designed by Ratcliff of Emeryville, Calif.