The Arcadia High School, designed by Godwin Austen Johnson, is the first school in the Middle East to be awarded the LEED V4 (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification.
Located within Dubai’s Jumeirah Village Triangle close to the primary school the orientation of the new secondary campus and the functions within it have been optimised to exploit the view out over the central Jumeirah Village Triangle Park.
It covers a total teaching space of 6000 sqm including the classrooms, shared learning and laboratories. The ancillary facilities which includes the library, music and dance rooms cover an area of 1500 sqm.
The reception is bright and airy opening out into a large casual seating zone with a unique 12 metre high indoor climbing wall feature. The inclusion of the wall is to reinforce the school’s ethos of transparency and its desire to ensure students play a highly visible and interactive role in their education.
The new secondary school also features a full sized artificial pitch, a 25 metre swimming pool and MUGA court which can be accessed by the primary school when required. This sharing of facilities also helps with the transition from primary to secondary education building confidence for the students about to move to the next stage of their education.
