Scope/Summary

The Career Technology Center (CTC) will be a new five-story, 88,000 sq. ft. instructional facility, housing the expanded Nursing, Cosmetology and Photography and Digital Arts departments. Multi-purpose classrooms will include interactive instructional tools such as integral video projects and screens, and an audio/visual podium.  A new lecture room will accommodate 125 students comfortably. The facility is designed to obtain a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. The CTC will provide new headquarters for City College Campus Police and also includes a new parking structure with 694 stalls, including 33 for high fuel-efficiency vehicles.

The Nursing Department areas will include new nursing and simulation labs, complete with a state-of-the-art computer simulation lab and simulation practice models (dummies). Photography and Digital Arts will have new darkrooms and studios that incorporate professional cyclorama backdrops, 66 enlarger stations, three digital print labs and a wide gallery area to display student work. Cosmetology will include state-of-the-art instructional labs for students pursuing specialty programs in skincare and haircare, and will include a retail service area.

There is extensive use of recycled materials, such as terrazzo flooring that contains 100% post-consumer glass.  Steel remnants leftover from the exterior finishes are being used as part of the interior design elements.  The building is designed to achieve significant daylighting of the public areas, and controlled daylighting of the work and study areas. This is shown to provide healthier lighting for students while studying while reducing the building’s energy consumption. Solar panels (photovoltaics) will be installed on the roof and parking structure’s south façade. The solar energy generate will provide more than 7% of the building’s total energy needs, contributing to an energy efficiency that is 25%  better than what the state requires.