Architect: Gensler

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

The Automotive and Collision Repair Facility at Wake Tech sets a new standard for the future of automotive repair education. The facility elevates and inspires everyone who enters it and celebrates both the history and future of an industry that will look to Wake Tech as a benchmark for producing the next generation of automotive repair technicians and thinkers. The design fuses modern placemaking principles, educational space planning, and the complex operational requirements of an automotive facility to shape a learning environment that's iconic, collaborative, and positioned to change the conversation about automotive education for years to come.