BCA Architects Announces Completion of Chula Vista Performing Arts Center & Library
SAN JOSE, Calif. — BCA Architects has completed a new, state-of-the-art, 750-seat Performing Arts Center and 5,000-square-foot library at Chula Vista High School in San Diego County. The new buildings embody modern design anchored in functionality and sustainability. For the current and the next generation of students at Chula Vista High School, which holds 2,700, BCA Architects masterfully interwove a contemporary interpretation of the school’s neoclassical Greek Spartan mascot into the projects’ design and the school’s 70-year-old campus.
Some sustainable highlights of the buildings include: strategic orientation to maximize natural light; low-flow plumbing fixtures and water-efficient landscaping ensure more than 50 percent in annual water savings; low-impact, energy-efficient HVAC systems to increase ventilation along with an on-site renewable energy system; and 40 percent of the site reserved as vegetated open space.