
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