Arizona Western College Community Building And Science + Agriculture Center | Gould Evans
The Arizona Western College Community Building and Science + Agriculture Center in Yuma, Arizona reflect the college’s bold identity and its commitment to its students and to the local community.
Photography: Winquist Photography
Arizona Western College was looking for a change of direction in terms of campus identity, community engagement, and academic approach. With the new College Community Center (CCC) and Science and Agriculture Lab (Sci-Ag) the college wanted to emphasize overlap and intersection of science programs and maximize engagement with the Yuma community. The buildings encourage collaboration and interaction of diverse groups of students, faculty, and community residents.
This project provides a new gateway to the campus by marking multiple points of inflection (or deviations from the norm): integration of science and community, a boost to student success initiatives, and closed-loop sustainable goals. The Science and Agriculture Center merges interdisciplinary science instruction with sustainable campus and community programs. Photography: Winquist Photography
The sustainable strategies used in the building became a teaching tool for the school’s science program. The cafeteria waste is processed as part of the instruction; compost is studied in the agriculture and soils labs, and used on the educational fields and sold to local farmers.
One of the major victories of the project can be seen on the roof, w...
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