{"id":29966,"date":"2021-10-19T14:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=29966"},"modified":"2021-10-20T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T23:37:48","slug":"west-campus-undergoing-24-million-construction-and-renovation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/west-campus-undergoing-24-million-construction-and-renovation-project\/","title":{"rendered":"West Campus Undergoing $24 Million Construction And Renovation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/west\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Campus<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is undergoing a $24,373,987 construction and renovation project<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focused on improving the student experience at the Doral-based school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xpected to be completed by January of 2022<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe wanted to have spaces which are aesthetically beautiful and engaging so that campus life is rewarding and memorable,\u201d said Alexandra Okubo-Damas, the West Campus director of campus administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is some of the work that is being done:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Room 1109, which was previously a gym, is being transformed into a multipurpose room to host workshops, club rush events and tutoring sessions. That portion of the project started in April<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29961\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29961\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-4_horizontal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-4_horizontal.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-4_horizontal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-4_horizontal-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-4_horizontal-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just Lounging: Pictured is a student lounge that is being constructed to give students an additional space to enjoy some down time at West Campus. NICOLE MOLINA\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Warehouse, which has 37,780 square feet in the northern part of building 2000, is being transformed into two floors that will accommodate a student hub, Maker\u2019s Space, a multi-purpose lab room, a solution center, a creative content lab, beam me in-and-out classrooms, an undergrad research center and humanities and music classrooms. Work began in June of 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s going to be like a creative space and safe space for students to hang out with their friends and study,\u201d said Katherine Padilla, West Campus\u2019 Student Government Association president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student hub will feature three soundproof booths for students to record a podcast or practice for their speech classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maker\u2019s Space will be an area where students can get hands-on experience and receive lessons about technological items used to create, design and manufacture products. To request the room, students will have to demonstrate a basic knowledge of equipment such as a CNC machine and a laser cutter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multi-purpose lab room will offer courses in physics, engineering, robotics, alternative energy and more. In the undergrad research center, students will engage in research opportunities depending on their discipline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who want to improve their digital literacy skills, like podcasting, video production and digital marketing will be able to do so at the solution center. The beam me in-and-out classrooms will serve as a center with the ability to hold in-person courses and digitally transfer information to other campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want to cultivate students\u2019 inner creativity and critical thinking,\u201d Okubo-Damas said. \u201cWhether in the creative content zone crafting videos and podcasts or in the Maker Space building models to the virtual reality lab, we want to have students use all their senses and be active learners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most recent renovations started in August on the third floor in building 1. That space will house the student life department and student services like ICED, Veteran Affairs, Single Stop, the food pantry, study rooms, learning resources and a caf\u00e9. When the remodeling is complete, the area will be renamed West Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29962\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29962\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-3_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-3_web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-3_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-3_web-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/West-Campus-Renovations-3_web-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-Tech: Beam me in-and-out classrooms like this one will allow professors at West Campus the ability to host in-person classes and digitally decimate the information to other campuses. 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