• Student Services Entry Garden
• Temp Offices – Broad Stage Staff
• Corsair Field & John Adams Field
• Campus Quad
• Humanities & Social Science
• The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage
• Theater Arts Renovation
• Bundy Campus
• Shuttle Replacement Parking
• Music Complex
• Library Village Renovation – Math
• Relocate Kinesiology, Dance, Recreation & Athletics
• Library Renovation & Expansion
• Emeritus College
• Construction Photos – Various Buildings

Architect
Melendrez

Contractor
South Bay Landscaping

Program / Construction Manager:
LPI, Inc

Status

The Associated Students has  proposed a “Culture Garden” to showcase sustainable farming methods on campus.  The garden will be enclosed with a fence and amenities include a storage shed, weather station, sink and compost bin. Outside the enclosed space will be an informal outdoor classroom, pergola, interactive sundial, bird bath and herb garden. The garden planters will be irrigated with a drip system that can be adjusted by students as they plant and the remainder of the site will receive permanent irrigation.  The plants adjacent to the garden planters will be low water consuming and support the program of the Demonstration Garden. Storm water will be collected and stored in a below grade cistern with a pump for hand watering.

Funding Sources:
Measure S

Contractor:
Trimax Construction

Program / Construction Manager:
LPI, Inc

Status:

• Complete

Architect:
John Adams Field: Caldwell Architects
Corsair Field: CO Architects

Contractor:
Byrom Davey, Inc.

Status:
John Adams Field, Completed 2008
Corsair Field, Completed 2009

SMC currently offers credit classes in physical education, athletics, and kinesiology; non-credit courses in health and conditioning (through Emeritus College); and not-for credit courses in recreation and fitness (through Continuing and Community Education). Compared to most other campuses, SMC is deficient in field space. The Physical Education program lacks outdoor facilities available at other campuses, including a baseball field, a softball field, and a practice field for football, a soccer field, outdoor volleyball courts, and outdoor basketball courts. The District rents field space in order to offer some of these programs; however, there is insufficient field space in Santa Monica.

This project provides for field improvements and for the retrofit of existing District fields and athletic facilities or other fields available to the District for year-round usage. The first renovation will be the John Adams Middle School Field. This field is shared by the College, School District, City and community groups.  The second field project will be the colleges Corsair Field. All fields will be made available for community use when not in instructional use.

Funding Sources:
Measure S

Architect:
tBp Architects

Contractor:
Trimax Construction

Status:
Completed 2008

Santa Monica College has greatly increased open space on the campus with the addition of this new landscaped area that replaces a number of temporary structures. The quad forms a new center of campus with dramatic landscaping and special features, including two fountains. A main campus walkway through the areas is formed with pavers and highlighted with a double row of date palms.

The new quad is environmentally friendly with a unique underground water storage system that captures the storm water and the use of many native water-saving plants. The area has been designed to accommodate a variety of large outdoor campus events and activities. The new Library, Theater Arts Complex, and Humanities and Social Science Buildings face the new quad area creating a central focal point for this portion of the campus. The quad recently won the prestigious Los Angeles Business Council’s 2009 Architecture Awards in the landscape category.

Funding Sources:
Measure U

Architect:
Gensler

Contractor:
Pinner Construction

Status:
North: Completed 2006
South: Completed 2007

The Humanities and Social Science (HSS) building was built as a replacement for the earthquake damaged Liberal Arts Building. Due to schedule considerations caused by funding deadlines, the building was designed with two wings, the North and South. The North wing had to be rushed into construction while the South building was still in design.

The complex is the colleges’ first LEED Certified “green” building and is certified at the “Silver” level. The building features natural ventilation and all exterior walkways and balconies. A dramatic bridge connects both the second and third levels. The building makes extensive use of natural lighting with a variety of window types.

Funding Sources:
City of Santa Monica Earthquake Redevelopment, State, FEMA, Measure U

Architect:
Renzo Zecchetto

Contractor:
FTR International

Status:
Completed 2008

The Broad Stage is an award winning state-of-the-art 499 seat performing arts theater that is designed for a variety of world-class performances including music, opera, dance, and drama. Although a community college facility, the Broad Stage is designed to a much higher level of sophistication than most college theaters.

The use of rich woods and stone are found throughout the building. There is a spectacular curtain wall glass frontage. It features a large high-ceiling auditorium for outstanding acoustics and a large stage that can handle any type of production.

Funding Sources:
Measure S and SMC Foundation

Architect:
Leo A. Daly

Contractor:
Turner Construction

Status:
Completed 2006

The original 1952 college theater was demolished and replaced by a state-of-the-art teaching theater with 279 seats. The new project has full theatrical lighting and sound facilities, a larger stage with space above to fly scenery out of audience view, larger dressing rooms with showers and a full costume shop. Scenery can now be built in the scene shop and moved to the stage. Before, all large scenery pieces were built on stage, limiting stage use for classes and rehearsals. The new theater greatly increases the variety of productions that can be offered.

The award-winning design by Leo A. Daly Architects features a striking glass enclosed second story lobby that looks out onto the new college quad.

Funding Sources:
Measure U

Architects:
tBp Architects

Contractor:
Bernard Brothers

Status:
West Building Completed 2005
Master Plan and EIR Completed
Traffic signal and driveway, Completed 2009

In 2002 Santa Monica College purchased a 10.4 acre parcel of land south of the Santa Monica Airport from BAE Systems, a defense contractor. BAE used the property for research, development and manufacturing.

In March 2004, the SMC Board of Trustees approved the demolition and removal of Building #1, a very large one-story manufacturing and warehouse building; the demolition and removal of Building #3, a smaller one-story manufacturing building; the renovation of Building #4 (West Building), the four-story office building; and additional landscaping improvements. The four-story building is used for the College’s Nursing program, Early Childhood Education program, Continuing Education program, and one floor for general education classes.

In July of 2004 construction commenced on a complete renovation of the West Building. Each floor of the building was completely renovated with new walls, floors, ceilings, restrooms and electrical and mechanical systems. A new architectural all-glass stair tower was added to better accommodate the moving of students between floors.

One year later, this fast track project including a 600-space parking lot was completed and open for classes. The Bundy Campus project won the prestigious State Community College Architectural Award.

Funding Sources:
Measure S & U  (Driveway & Signal)

Architect:
Jubany Architects
Contractor:
Trimax Construction
Status:
Completed 2007
The College has operated a shuttle parking lot at the Santa Monica Airport since 1988. This remote shuttle lot has played a major part in the college’s transportation management program. In November of 2005 the City of Santa Monica commenced construction of a public park at the Airport and has temporarily moved the shuttle lot to a beach parking lot. The beach lot is not suitable for long term use by the college and the City has asked to college to leave the location after the spring semester. In January of 2007 the college completed a purchase of 2.35 acres from Verizon at the corner of Stewart and Exposition in Santa Monica. Soon thereafter construction commenced on a 220 space parking lot which opened for fall 2007.

Funding Sources:
Measure U

Architect:
Renzo Zecchetto Architects

Contractor:
FTR International

Status:
Completed 2007

The former Music Building was completed as part of the original campus in 1952. Since 1985, the SMC Music Department has added a symphony orchestra, concert band, and an opera workshop to its performance group offerings as well as increasing the number of applied music classes to include string, woodwind, brass and percussion classes as well as the piano, voice, recorder and guitar classes it has traditionally offered. The new facility has 27 practice rooms instead of 14 in the former building. The additional practice rooms and support areas have significantly improved the quality of the educational experience for music students.

The Music department move is needed to make room for the planned Student Services complex which will take the ground space currently occupied by Music and the Amphitheater.

Funding Sources:
Measure U

Architect:
Caldwell Architects

Contractor:
Pacific General Construction

Status:
Completed 2004

With the completion of the new Library, the “Temporary Library” was made available for renovation. The Math department was working out of temporary buildings that were set up after the 1994 earthquake. Those buildings will need to be removed to make way for the Liberal Arts – South Building. With this renovated facility all of the Math department is located in one building with additional classroom and lab facilities.

Funding Sources:
Measure U

Architect:
Caldwell Architects

Contractor:
GB Cooke

Status:
Completed 2004

The former offices of the Kinesiology, Dance, Recreation and Athletics departments were in a temporary building installed in 1976. The temporary buildings had numerous maintenance problems and code deficiencies. The college has removed these buildings to create open space on the campus. The project has resulted in a similar amount of offices and has added a conference room and workroom to make a more useable office facility. The offices are on the second floor of the gymnasium complex, where the east bleachers of the stadium used to be located, making better use of the limited ground space on the campus.

Funding Sources:

Measure U

Architect:
CO Architects

Contractor:
Neilson Dillingham &
CW Driver

Status:
Completed 2003

The College’s main library, which was damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, was seismically upgraded, modernized and expanded. The project added more book area, more study space and a large computer lab. Seating for students was more than doubled.

The new addition was seamlessly added to the original building. It features a three-story “floating” study area with computers and study stations. A three-story curtain wall of glass highlights the north face of the building.

Funding Sources:
Measure T, State, FEMA

Architect:
TBA

Contractor:
TBA

Status:
Completed 2003

Emeritus College, a program designed for lifelong learning, was located in a rented storefront on the first level of a parking garage on 2nd Street. The program long ago outgrew its- former home. The first use of Measure U bond funds was the purchase of a newly constructed four story building further north on 2nd Street. This building gives Emeritus a permanent home with room to accommodate all their programs including a computer room, exercise studios and art classroom. There is also a large multipurpose room on the first floor for lectures, films and productions. The building shell was completed when the college purchased the building and the interior improvements were completed by the college.

Funding Sources:
Measure U, SMC Foundation