Los Angeles Trade Technical College Culinary Arts Building

A renovation and expansion for a culinary program at Los Angeles Trade Technical College serves up bright new spaces with a side of sustainability.

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Client

Pan-Pacific Mechanical

Architect

Sillman; QDG Architecture

Project Status

Completed in 2021

LEED Certification

LEED Gold Certified

Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC), established in 1925, offers more than 80 technical programs that move students into careers. The Culinary Arts Pathway offers programs of study in culinary arts, professional baking and restaurant management.

A new culinary arts center was part of a modernization of LATTC’s 400 West Washington campus. This renovation and expansion included a new two-story, 60,000-square-foot building with cooking labs, demonstration classrooms, kitchens, a servery, modular dining hall, offices and an outdoor herb garden.

Low energy, high reward

WSP provided mechanical and plumbing engineering for the new center, as well as sustainability design services, which included design of the mechanical solar photovoltaic panel system penthouse rooftop that connects to the existing campus solar cell system. The system generates electricity and reduces campus energy costs. In addition to the cool-roof design, this new system reduces the generated power needed for air conditioning. As a result, this project achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

Square feet

60,964