Chemeketa Community College Agricultural Complex

This Net-Zero Energy Agriculture Complex is an academic facility serving a wide range of agriculture and horticulture programming. The FFA team worked closely with Chemeketa Community College and its partners from educational extension programs, local businesses, and community outreach groups. Their vision was guided by the idea of establishing a “collective hub” for this broad community—a center for teaching and learning in the region. Anchored at the north edge of the 8-acre site is a new flexible student classroom building, the center of which is a light-filled, double-height space offering views through a large glass wall and overhead door that opens onto demonstration gardens. The primary structural system is comprised of glulam and veneer-based CLT. Reinforcing the concept of a hub, the site also includes a central courtyard amphitheater that will serve student and public needs with outdoor group training, industry events, presentations, festivals, community outreach activities, and farmers’ markets. 14,700 sf / Type I construction