Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

Architects: Pivot Architecture & Perkins+Will
Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Construction Completed: 2016
Construction Cost: $35 million

An extensive renovation of Lane Community College’s 97,000 SF Center Building was completed in 2016 to create the Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS). The new CLASS building is the true heart of the LCC campus, offering bright open spaces that house numerous academic resources as well as being a place where students congregate, study and socialize. Originally constructed in the 1960’s, this 4-story concrete building features massive precast concrete beams and columns and exterior terraces which are visible throughout, offering a unique structural aesthetic to the space.
As part of the overall renovation project, Hohbach-Lewin provided an ASCE 41 seismic evaluation and upgrade which needed to incorporate the renovation’s major building plan revisions.
The project also included a seismically separated new steel frame addition for the Titan Bookstore. The LEED Silver certified transformation of the Center building has created a place on campus that will benefit students and staff for generations to come.