(left to right) Christopher Holt (project manager architect for the new Mohr Hall), Michael Gutierrez (City College president), Pamela Haynes (president of the LRCCD Board of Trustees), Meghan Rivers (third semester LVN student) Brian King (chancellor of LRCCD) and Jim Collins (dean of Science and Allied Health), participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mohr Hall Wednesday, Sept. 12. Photos by Phoenix Kanada | Photo Editor | [email protected]
Groundbreaking at Mohr Hall; City College starts construction on new state-of-the-art building
The first stages of construction began Wednesday on a new building to replace City College’s 55-year-old Mohr Hall. Leadership, faculty and students gathered on campus for a ceremonial groundbreaking.
Opening the ceremony was Jim Collins, dean of Science and Allied Health, thanking the participants and sharing his vision of the building.
“I think at best buildings respect the values, vision and mission of an institution. A new building in effect is iconography of our best hopes for the future for ourselves as educators and for our students,” said Collins. “That was the intention that was brought to the design of this building, and I believe the new Mohr Hall will be such a building.”
Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture designed the $17 million project. The 28,373-square-foot building will be LEED-certified—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—the most recognized approval of environmental sustainability in the country, according to the United States Green Building Council, and includes low flow water fixtures, no VOC finishes, water bottle filling station and energy efficient mechanical and electrical systems, according to Kaitlyn MacGregor, Communications and Public Information Officer for City College.
The new Mohr hall is expected to be completed in the next 18 to 24 months, according to City College President Michael Gutierrez, and will be home to several City College departments, including nursing, geology, physics, astronomy, physical therapy and occupațional therapy.
“The outside architecture will blend in to the integrity of the other parts of the college, so the red brick and the red roofs are still going to continue, but inside, it’s going to be state-of-the-art labs that our students will be able to participate in the learning process,” said Gutierrez. “It’s going to have the latest technology, so while the exterior might have that old feel, the interior is going to be completely modern.”
City College President Michael Gutierrez speaks at the Mohr Hall groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 12.
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Inside there will be a new optics lab, an electromagnetism lab, a physics lab, a geology lab, a geology shop, a nursing station and nursing simulation room, according to MacGregor, the building will feature two large lecture rooms, an administrative area with faculty and adjunct offices, lactation room and student study areas.
The construction is planned to have minimal effect on students and faculty, according to Gutierrez, though construction noise and parking are some of the issues the school is working to resolve.
“We are going to put up some noise-reduction walls, but (for) the people who are going to be in Lillard Hall, for example, construction will be going on, so we will have to deal with that,” Gutierrez said. “Half of parking lot F is closed, so it’s impacted some of the faculty staff parking.”
Students currently enrolled in departments slated to move into the new building are spread all over campus, some of them temporarily relocated from the old building, and some, like the nursing program, will be new to Mohr Hall.
“We’re in the portables, so occasionally we might have to deal with the fact that our class may not have a classroom, but hey, we’re hanging in there,” said Meghan Rivers, a third semester nursing student.
“I think it will give you a more homey sense — you know, this is your nursing program, this is your program, this is where you belong,” Rivers said. “Over there we’re kind of displaced nursing students, but we have good faculty and classmates to help us get through it. So far we’re dealing with it, but I can’t complain too much because it’s still an honor just to still be in the nursing program.”
See the new building plans here.
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