ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station
NTC Foundation
In 1996, the Naval Training Center (NTC) in San Diego closed after more than 80 years of service. Once dedicated to the education and housing of Naval recruits, the multi-phased vision is to transform 27 historic buildings into a distinctive Arts and Culture District, with a heavy inflience on education and instruction.
The transformation spans complete infrastructure upgrades, shell building improvements, and tenant improvements for a resident mix as varied as the district itself: dance and painting instruction, galleries, oral histories, meeting spaces, artist studios, event centers, arts retail, administrative spaces, and dining. Military barracks have become working studios. Training halls have become performance and exhibition spaces. The north half of Liberty Station is being remade, building by building.
obrARCHITECTURE, a Lionakis Company, architect Christopher Bittner has been with the project since its inception, guiding every phase from master planning through construction, including historic reviews with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, the California State Historic Preservation Office, and the National Parks Service.
