Los Angeles Trade Tech College’s Design and Media Arts Building will assist in the demand for additional programs and communications for the growing student body. The three-story, 80,000-square-foot building will serve as a center for students to learn design and design-related programs such as fashion design, fashion merchandising, digital media, visual communications, and sign graphics.

The new building includes a lecture room, flex room computer based classrooms, office and study space, and a coffee shop.

The Los Angeles Community College District has committed to a high level of sustainability across its campuses. Many renewable energy technology systems
have been included in the Design and Media Arts Building. The building will be fully electrified in order to reduce the building’s reliance on fossil fuels; an air-to-water heat pump system will be used to heat the building; air-cooled chillers will cool and dehumidify; electrified steam generators and electric water heating systems will supply hot water to the building.

The reduced reliance on fossil fuels makes this building better for the environment, while bringing sustainability to the minds of the students, faculty, and visitors.

Features

• Targeting LEED Silver
• Targeting 15% better energy than Title 24
• The building will produce 180,000 kWh through rooftop solar photovoltaic array

Size: 80,000 sf
Start/End Date: May 2020 – September 2025
Project Cost: $71 Million
Architect: HED Design
Owner: Los Angeles Community College District
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Energy, Sustainability Consulting

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