Purpose: The study aims to design and develop a virtual structural design that simulates the campus and its buildings of a community college in Bukidnon, Philippines through Virtual Reality. With the immersion of technology, this project represents the architectural design of the establishment with the use of Virtual Reality Technology. Method:…

Teaching building science to community college students can be challenging given both the macro (houses change subject to varying seasons) and the micro (heat transfer, moisture movement) level of the topics taught. Simulations and games can provide a way of learning material that can otherwise be difficult for students to understand. In this…

After a 35-year building hiatus, the nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) needed a major facelift. Facilities on LACCD campuses were antiquated and had fallen into disrepair. For years, students voiced dismay, saying their campuses resembled high schools rather than colleges. Inadequate infrastructure drove many…

Discusses longrange plans for six community colleges in a 900-square mile county. Describes the master plan for and the design of one of the colleges -- a repetitive structural module that alternates narrow service spans with wide spans for uncommitted'' space. (Author/EA)

The buildings of this rural college harmonize with the region's farm structures, and the facility stays open year around from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Internship experiences are provided in community shops, offices, and institutions. Vocational/technical course laboratories and classrooms were placed in definable building areas in order that special…

The plan of the college is a complex of six departments clustered about a central mall. Instructional facilities for each department are focused on a resource center electronically connected to the main library. (MLF)

Foothill College owes its tremendous popularity to the fact that it neither fits into the tradition of the modern movement of architectural art, with its in-group language of heroic forms constructed in brute concrete, nor the more esoteric world that sees high art in commercial strip development and A & P parking lots. (Author)

The Portland Community College was given an award in the AS&U 1977 College & University Architectural Competition for the Rock Creek Center, designed like a shopping center that lets people view the various activities inside. (Author/MLF)

An eight-year-old rapidly growing community college serving the Denver metropolitan area will soon have the nation's largest solar-energy heated installation. (Author/MLF)

The design of the student center at Essex Community College in Baltimore County, Maryland, reflects youthful lifestyles in the interior decor while providing exterior design to harmonize with existing campus buildings. (Author/MF)

Describes the design of the technology center at Laney College in Oakland, California, which was renovated from a welding shop. The building, which illustrates a "transparency" theme, houses the computer information systems department and serves as a multimedia teaching laboratory for the entire campus and local businesses. Includes…

The architects of Sheridan College invented an organizational plan that views the campus as an urban form similar to a pedestrian-scaled town or city, built to focus on a central "market" or forum area. (Author/MLF)

Primary influences on a community college building design such as site, educational program, and budget produce building designs that are different in each case. However, because of the community college's unique educational role, these variables are multiplied almost infinitely. The three primary education objectives of most community colleges…

A cross section of urban community leaders participated in developing the design plan for this college. The major consideration is to provide a viable, stimulating environment on a limited urban site. (MLF)