Project Details
- Project Name
- Seaside Civic and Convention Center
- Client/Owner
- City of Seaside / Seaside Civic and Convention Center
- Project Types
- Hospitality
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 54,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2019
- Shared by
- Abigail Carlen
- Team
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Kevin Valk, Principal
Dave Otte, Principal
Mark Schmidt, Senior Associate
Mara Indra, Associate
Rick Sanchez, Design Team
Jason Warburg, Design Team
- Consultants
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Other: Convergence Design (Programming, Planning),Construction Manager: O'Brien Contracting,Other: Glumac (MEP, Lighting, IT),Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic,Civil Engineer: KPFF,Other: Acoustic Design Studio (Acoustics),Other: Architectural Cost Consultants (Cost Estimating)
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $15,000,000
- Style
- Modern
Project Description
The renovation and expansion of the Seaside Civic and Convention Center aims to better connect the existing facility to its natural and urban context and improve its functionality, appeal, and visibility from downtown Seaside. In doing so, the design enhances the Center’s regional competitiveness, increases its profitability, and support the City’s goal to attract new visitors for year-round activity.
The Center was built in 1971 and has more than doubled in size with four expansions in the 1980s and 1990s, each with own structural system. The building contains two major gathering spaces—the Pacific Room and the Necanicum Room on the ground floor—along with fourteen breakout rooms, a lobby and foyer, a kitchen/catering area, support spaces, and administrative offices.
To improve circulation throughout the building and unite the spaces, a new, continuous prefunction space runs the length of the building. The relocation of the restrooms and storage block from the Necanicum River side opens views from the lobby/prefunction spaces out to the water.
The relocation and redesign of the main stair removes a pinch point in the lobby, clarifying circulation between the lower and upper meeting rooms. A new lobby to the west, along with a second plaza, enhances the entry experience from Edgewood Street. The ground floor Necanicum Ballroom expands by 35% with additional column-free space to supports larger, simultaneous events. A new meeting space in the Northwest corner and the expansion of the existing Riverview rooms allow for a greater diversity of events.
New exterior materials balance aesthetic appeal with durability in oceanfront conditions. Angled 6” and 12” metal panel modules create vertical striations that, at a distance, mimic the tones of a coastal cabin’s weathered wood. Alaskan yellow cedar highlights the Center’s entrances and the new Northwest corner meeting room and will weather to a whitened finish. All coatings are specific to the coastal climate. On the interior, a neutral color palate of new carpet, wood details, and paint is punctuated by color to mark new concession space and restrooms. Glass railings on the mezzanine and grand stair and supergraphic room labels ease wayfinding. Upgraded lighting and technology enhance each meeting space.
A phased construction schedule allowed the Center to remain operational throughout construction. Sustainability strategies include upgrades to the existing mechanical system that increase energy efficiency and the collection of rainwater for a new water feature. For the building’s resiliency during an earthquake, the structural system required intensive seismic upgrades because of the sandy soil, which including new ninety-foot-deep pier foundations.
Holst partnered with Convergence Design of Kansas City on the project’s programming and space planning.