SCC Campus Identity
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Owner: Scottsdale Community College
For the past two decades, SPS+ Architects has had the honor and opportunity to assist Scottsdale Community College in its efforts to enhance the college experience by improving its overall campus as well as educational spaces within. From the simple beautification and thoughtful design of exterior areas, including the Athletics Fields Master Plan we created in 2002, in which student gathering spaces and clear circulation paths were completed through 5 phases. The success from this project created – this latest phase – the remodel of the Library Quad, which is significant to the campus as a main thoroughfare and student gathering place. The Library Quad is to be completed in two phases: The first phase is to establish a new landscape theme and provide the students and faculty separate gathering spaces with ample shade and access to technology. The second phase will create a multi-functional main plaza accommodating a variety of activities and incorporating a number of features, including a new performing arts amphitheater, an Emeritus wall honoring those who have had an impact in building and shaping the College, a tortoise enclosure where visitors have a ‘tortoise-eye’ view, an updated riparian research experience with several new ponds, and improved pathways through new cactus, and statue gardens.
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Owner: Scottsdale Community College
For the past two decades, SPS+ Architects has had the honor and opportunity to assist Scottsdale Community College in its efforts to enhance the college experience by improving its overall campus as well as educational spaces within. From the simple beautification and thoughtful design of exterior areas, including the Athletics Fields Master Plan we created in 2002, in which student gathering spaces and clear circulation paths were completed through 5 phases. The success from this project created – this latest phase – the remodel of the Library Quad, which is significant to the campus as a main thoroughfare and student gathering place. The Library Quad is to be completed in two phases: The first phase is to establish a new landscape theme and provide the students and faculty separate gathering spaces with ample shade and access to technology. The second phase will create a multi-functional main plaza accommodating a variety of activities and incorporating a number of features, including a new performing arts amphitheater, an Emeritus wall honoring those who have had an impact in building and shaping the College, a tortoise enclosure where visitors have a ‘tortoise-eye’ view, an updated riparian research experience with several new ponds, and improved pathways through new cactus, and statue gardens.
