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title: Child Development Center – Los Medanos College
date: "2017-09-07T23:40:35+00:00"
modified: "2023-08-09T16:03:43+00:00"
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url: "https://www.intres.com/timeline/child-development-center-los-medanos-college/"
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description: The Contra Costa Community College District’s Los Medanos College desired a highly functional facility for its child development program. The District retained Interactive Resources, Inc. to design the 11,500 sf addition, complementing the existing architectural style and creating a favorable “first impression” in its featured location at the entrance to the campus. The facility serves […]
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# Child Development Center – Los Medanos College

The Contra Costa Community College District’s Los Medanos College desired a highly functional facility for its child development program. The District retained Interactive Resources, Inc. to design the 11,500 sf addition, complementing the existing architectural style and creating a favorable “first impression” in its featured location at the entrance to the campus. The facility serves as a learning laboratory for child development majors and as a child care center for the college’s students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community.

The Center features comfortable child-scale spaces and finishes to create a residential atmosphere for the emotional comfort of the children. Each classroom has its own toilet room with child-sized fixtures, low sinks and counters, crib or nap rooms and cubby areas. The design maximizes natural sunlight into the classrooms, streamlines drop-off and pickup of the children, includes security measures, provides easy access to exterior play areas, and allows views of the nearby lagoon. The Center includes a laundry room, a comfortable staff lounge and kitchen, accessible adult toilet rooms, a small conference room, isolation area, observations areas, and a large classroom/ laboratory for childcare training.