Foothill College - Campus Center

Los Altos Hills, California

Foothill College was originally designed by renowned modernist architect, Ernest Kump, in 1960. His abstracted Japanese temple design features buildings set into the hillside landscape with dominant sweeping, shingle roofs above structural concrete and cedar siding. The Campus Center project is part of a larger expansion and modernization project, which is the first since the college's completion in 1960. Our design goals for the Campus Center included creating harmony with existing campus architecture, creating a 21st-century gateway to the college and connecting the campus to the surrounding community and pedestrian pathways.

The center is the new, revitalized heart of campus life. Its two structures integrate a variety of outdoor gathering spaces with program areas including, a "Great Hall" for dining, student lounge, bookstore, student government offices and meeting rooms. Exterior bridges connect the buildings and also link to the east across the ring road to the athletic complex and west to the main campus.