Perris Work Center

The Perris Work Center will acts as a catalyst redevelopment project for the historic Downtown of Perris CA. Located on the main intersection of the downtown core, the facility will provide state of the art vocational training laboratories and workshops for the local workforce in the areas of advanced automated production technologies such as CMC, 3-D Printing and Digital Design, as well as traditional building crafts for construction, welding and plumbing.

In partnership with local public and private colleges, trade unions and government agencies, the Work Center is designed as a flexible platform to accommodate different technologies and education equipment, The ground floor is anchored by 3 flexible labs that can allow different educational tenants to provide state of the art instruction depending on market demands. The second floor housed 4 open classrooms and a jobs-center to ensure students not only have access to education but also to job opportunities. Key features of the design was to showcase students work by providing large windows for views from the street level into the various workshops and a “armature” approach to the building systems like handrails, window treatments, ceiling panels etc. that would allow students to exhibit their work.