Harmony West Building
Clackamas Community College
Clackamas Community College’s new three-story Harmony West building lets students start and complete a number of academic career pathways on the Harmony Community Campus. Replacing the 61-year-old former OIT/Dale Ickes Junior High building, it expands the college’s health science, workforce development, and general education offerings with flexible classrooms, general science labs, and a 2,500 square foot community room that opens to the south lawn.
Clackamas, Oregon
Client: Clackamas Community College
Architect: Hennebery Eddy Architects
Building Size: 43,634 SF
Project Cost: $21.7 million
Services: Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing Design, Fire/Life Safety
Designed to perform beyond Oregon Energy Code requirements, Harmony West meets the carbon reduction requirements of the 2030 Challenge. Interface used multiple heating and cooling technologies matched to each area of the building. The open first floor lobby on the south façade uses a thermally activated radiant slab. The north side classrooms use displacement ventilation with demand control and perimeter hydronic heating for better indoor air quality, ventilation efficiency, and thermal comfort. High efficiency condensing boilers heat the building's hot water, rooftop units provide cooling, and the air distribution system is configured for nighttime pre-cooling. The rooftop photovoltaic array is integrated with the rooftop HVAC equipment.