ECHS Theater + Gymnasium

Client: Escondido Charter High School

Location: Escondido,California

Grade Levels: 9 thru 12

Building Area: 31,148 sf (one and two stories)

Program: Black box theater, dressing rooms, Gymnasium, locker rooms, weight room

Seating capacity: Gym – 300 students; Theater – 450 students

Construction Materials: Tilt-up concrete, Stucco, metal siding, metal roof, stone veneer, exposed steel columns and exposed glulam beams

Design facts: Completed while project architect at Studio E Architects

Story to tell: The Theater was a black box concept which was taken literally by specifying even black panic hardware, sound panels, light fixture housing and curtains…entirely black