character and pedigree," Díaz Alonso said in an interview following his appointment as director.
== Campus ==
The school has been based in three locations—the first (1972–1992) a small industrial building in Santa Monica, and later moved into the second, larger (concrete post & beam) industrial building (1992–2000) in Marina del Rey.
In 2001, it moved to its current building, the 60,000-square-foot 1907 Santa Fe Freight Depot designed by Harrison Albright on the eastern edge of Downtown Los Angeles. When SCI-Arc arrived, the building was a stripped-down concrete shell. Today the building is on the National Register of Historic Places and the school has become an anchor for the city's Arts District.
The school conducts design projects that engage with under-served members of the community. To these ends, SCI-Arc has been awarded a $400,000 grant by ArtPlace to develop two on-campus public performance/lecture spaces, as well as development for a third public venue in the surrounding arts district. Across the …
