CSUF GRAND CENTRAL ARTS BUILDING
Originally constructed in 1924, the Grand Central Market was once an important mixed use commercial facility in downtown Santa Ana. Adaptive reuse of the building as an Art Center for California State University Fullerton was the flagship project in the newly created Artists Village Redevelopment Area in downtown Santa Ana.
The ground floor includes an 85-seat black box performance theater, a print maker's workshop, cafe, gallery, studio spaces, and shops while the upper floor provides graduate students and artists-in-residence with live-work spaces around an open-air courtyard. Basement areas are utilized for University extension classes, computer labs and digital photo labs.
The recycling of this forgotten but significant building to bring it back to new life and charge its surrounding context with life and energy was both the philosophical and architectural goal for the project. Opened in the spring of 1999, this integrated work-live-teach mixed-use project has succeeded in igniting a wave of redevelopment in the area. Ehrlich Architects served as the Design Architect for the project with Robbins Jorgensen Christopher Architects as the Executive Architect.
The ground floor includes an 85-seat black box performance theater, a print maker's workshop, cafe, gallery, studio spaces, and shops while the upper floor provides graduate students and artists-in-residence with live-work spaces around an open-air courtyard. Basement areas are utilized for University extension classes, computer labs and digital photo labs.
The recycling of this forgotten but significant building to bring it back to new life and charge its surrounding context with life and energy was both the philosophical and architectural goal for the project. Opened in the spring of 1999, this integrated work-live-teach mixed-use project has succeeded in igniting a wave of redevelopment in the area. Ehrlich Architects served as the Design Architect for the project with Robbins Jorgensen Christopher Architects as the Executive Architect.
