Florida Community College at Jacksonville Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts

The client’s goal was to create a dramatic invitation to the Beach Boulevard Campus at its entrance through the visual and performing arts programs. The design’s long reaching roofline culminates as a cantilevered covered entry, relating to the coastal plain site and nearby Atlantic Ocean.


    Location:

    Jacksonville Florida USA
    Project Area:

    136,000 gsf
    Project Features:

    530-seat main theater
    185-seat experimental theater
    Recording, photography, printing, pottery, sculpture, drawing and CADD labs
    Dance and music rehearsal halls
    Conference center and art gallery
    Associate Architect:

    Saxelby
    Awards:

    2000 Design Excellence Award Gold, ASID Georgia Chapter