Maricopa Community College District
77,000 SF
CMAR
Prime Architect
2014
$18M
Project Director
Interior Design
The original campus plan resulted in a somewhat introverted site, with buildings internally oriented toward a central green space. The Coyote Center represents the college’s first outward welcoming gesture, integrating it more effectively with the surrounding community.
True to its “front-door” architecture, the Coyote Center houses the Student Services One Stop Shop. Here, prospective, new, and current students can access all enrollment, testing, advisement, counseling, veteran, and career services in one convenient location. The building also accommodates the CGCC Coyotes athletic teams and their recreational/academic fitness programs. The new gymnasium, designed to support NJCAA basketball competition for both men and women, shares a lobby and gathering space with the One Stop Shop.
Additional athletic and recreation facilities include locker and shower rooms to support indoor and outdoor sports, a fitness training room, an outdoor fitness area, a human performance lab, a multipurpose group fitness room, an athletic study room, and administrative offices for CGCC’s Student Services and athletic programs.
Designed in collaboration with Opsis Architecture.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyote Center is a 77,000 SF higher-education facility in Chandler, Arizona, designed by DFDG Architecture for Maricopa Community College District.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyote Center is located in Chandler, Arizona.
DFDG Architecture served as Prime Architect on Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyote Center, which was designed for Maricopa Community College District. The project was delivered using construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR).
Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyote Center encompasses 77,000 SF and was completed in 2014. The project budget was approximately $18M.
The Coyote Center serves as the campus beacon and welcoming “front door” for the CGCC campus. The original campus plan resulted in a somewhat introverted site, with buildings internally oriented toward a central green space.