Building Dedications are perfect days. Owners, architects, designers, contractors and all project
participants come together with building
users to celebrate a job well done. Problems along
the way have been
solved, budgets resolved and schedules met. It's a time to say thank you
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to our visionary clients, to our partners in collaboration, to
everyone who made it possible.
Yesterday we were at Chemeketa Community
College's Yamhill Valley Campus where
the beautiful new classroom
building ("Old Main") was officially dedicated. Designed
by Yost Grube
Hall Architecture, "Old Main" anchors the new campus in McMinnville,
OR
Chemeketa Community College's visionary president, Cheryl Roberts (above, with Elizabeth),
welcomed everyone to the College's second campus, noting that Chemeketa is one of only two
multi-campus colleges in Oregon. The art in the building showcases regional artists and is
content
specific to Chemeketa and Yamhill Valley. The glass sculpture on
the right, interprets
the Chemeketa motif, a graphic
interpretation of the native American "gathering place"
which is the
original meaning of the word "Chemeketa."
Elizabeth Anderson and Mark Stoller, YGH Principal-in-Charge for the
project, are all smiles
as they take in the event and admire the results
of their firms' collaboration. They are standing in
front of LeRoy
Setzoil's magnificent wall panel in the entry lobby.
Upstairs, AK interpreted the Chemeketa motif to provide screening on the storefront glass at
classrooms and gathering spaces.
As we left the event, the building was illuminated against the darkening sky and the halo lit letters
on "Old Main" identified the campus along
Highway 18.
