A spectacular 32,500 sf. structure with a 250-wide arch span, the Hangar Building is utilized by the Orange County Fair and Event Center for large audience events and exhibits.  The building includes a 43’ clear height main hall, a catering kitchen, meeting rooms and public restrooms.  The doors to the mall bi-part to provide a 25’ high by 72’ wide opening that allows the facility to expand into the adjacent outdoor mall and therefore increase the occupancy by tenfold. 

Anodized aluminum panels define the structural arch, entries and planters, focusing attention on the form and its massive, triple-height sliding doors.  The flanking entries provide an intimate scale and open-frame canopies and “green walls” enliven the central volume and its wings.  The standing seam roofing and corrugated metal siding coloration break down the visual mass of the building into playful parts.  The entries, roof and arch plinths reiterate coloration applied throughout the fairgrounds.