High school

DRAW designed the expansion and renovation of Knoch School District High School to feature a bright, distinct new entrance. As part of the addition, the team created a large, multipurpose student commons with collaborative learning areas and cafeteria seating after relocating the original cafeteria. Adam Warner / DRAW Collective Ed Massery Ed Massery In addition, DRAW added new technology education classrooms equipped with proper ventilation, high-tech machinery, 3D printers, and robotics equipment to support hands-on learning. Ed Massery Ed Massery Ed Massery More

Opening in 2011, DPCR was painfully constrained by its structure, originally built as an elementary school. The school leadership set about the ambitious task to fundraise for necessary modernization. They exceeded their goal in less than two years through the generosity of multiple area businesses and through New Markets Tax Credits. ACM Panelworx Plans for the DPCR expansion included a reconfiguration of the campus to add more space for parking, plus construction of a new academic building to replace modular units serving as classrooms. A second permanent structure, the new student center, would hold a gymnasium and cafeteria and provide at-risk students with essential facilities like a food pantry, showers,... More

Yongsan High School's “Classroom with Dreams,” or Dream Classroom, is a classroom renovated to reflect the school's characteristics, and was a project that involved students, teachers, and other school members from the design stage. They aimed to create a school space where learning, relaxation, and play are combined with teachers and classmates. In fact, workshops were held so that students could directly express their thoughts and ideas about the spaces used by Yongsan High School. As a result, we were able to incorporate the necessary spatial elements into the program, including classrooms, rest areas, reading areas, and spaces for solitude. tqtq Studio The 1st and 3rd floors of the Dream Classroom are used for vocatio... More

 Forest Nexus seeks to extend the role of the traditional school typology  into a vibrant community hub that bring people of all demographics together. Designed to foster connection across all ages, this innovative project creates shared spaces where education, social interaction, and cultural exchange seamlessly blend. Caption Forest Nexus addresses the pressing question: How can we foster community interaction in a digital age that often leaves people disconnected? The architectural design is inspired by the belief that diverse programming and multifunctional spaces can help bring different groups together. By creating an environment where activities and spaces overlap, the school will act as a socio-cultural engine, allow... More

SDG Architecture, LLC was given the opportunity to create a new campus masterplan for Desert Christian High School, in Tucson, Az. It included a new 9 acre parcel to its north boundary. This property was formerly a city utility vehicle area, with mostly metal garage buildings and almost completely paved. With the purchase, Desert Christian could envision a larger campus with more amenities. However, the sequence of the new construction would hamper existing classrooms located in old modular buildings past their usefulness.  Caption Caption A new set of classrooms needed to be constructed within the existing footprint of the campus, and the location that best provided that was their old outdoor annex. Formerly a covered tenni... More

Crossroads School is a K-12 private school whose upper school is situated on an unconventional urban infill campus. This 13,000 sf warehouse across the street from the original campus, previously used as storage by airplane parts distributor, was acquired by the school to accommodate an eclectic mix of functions that needed to be relocated from adjacent structures. Nico Marques The existing double bow-truss structure provided voluminous ceiling height and the project focused on seizing the opportunities that this provided. The raw industrial aesthetic was sympathetic with the character and ethos of Crossroads School. Nico Marques The eclectic program of the project was inserted into the existing structure as a set of distinct vo... More

Located in Moscow's suburban Vidnoye town, the First Quarter housing estate accommodates a new school. It is a joint project of Brusnika architecture studio, Russian-based Meganom practice, Mont landscape design office, and Umnaya Shkola (Smart School), the centre for educational systems design.  Caption Following the quarter masterplan, the school building continues the line of the estate. Linked with the houses by a pedestrian walkway leading to the central square inside the quarter and abutting the school entrance on the other side, the walkway will become a venue for celebrations and school assemblies and a recreational space to relax, talk to friends or take a short stroll between the classes. Caption The complex shape... More

STEM is the combination of professional knowledge of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Advancement of technology is leading us to the future. The designer developed a space that makes learning feels like in future. The main colors are white, grey and blue, with diagonal linear structure that bring out a sensory feeling of the future. Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates More

The library is ship full of knowledge, good learning atmosphere is a breeze that leads the students sail to their destinations. Getting knowledge helps the students find a breakthrough to their study or develop other skills. We would like to create a relaxing, self-paced study space, which attracts them to stay behind after classes and fall in love with knowledge. Design Action & Associates Design Action & Associates The breeze through the space and guided different areas of the library with color mat. It also reflected the trail of the ceiling. The gray, blue and wood lighting design when through the white colored ceiling as a breeze of desire of knowledge. Different areas are designed to meet different study needs of th... More

The Community of Terra Linda in San Rafael chose HED to improve their 1961 campus. To begin, HED led a community master planning effort that creatively eliminated the need for temporary facilities. This allowed for a larger portion of the budget to be allocated to the reinvigoration of the campus, improved social spaces, and the construction of an entirely new academic core and innovation hub. The student commons is now the epicenter of an invigorating campus layout that centralizes the library, technology, media, music, drama, and food services. Alejandro Velarde This new configuration maximizes daylight within the facilities and creates an activated indoor/outdoor social hub for students and the community–creating a new beatin... More

Creating a new satellite campus for Albert Park College, the Liberal Arts Centre at Pickles St provides calm and reflective learning spaces in a refurbished heritage school building. It is complemented by three new timber pavilions in a considered native landscape setting. Peter Clarke Peter Clarke The Centre respects the significant heritage and existing landscape qualities of the site while providing a variety of flexible and adaptable learning environments suitable for today’s pedagogy. Peter Clarke Peter Clarke The existing building was repaired and restored, with its internal volume and quality of light celebrated and internal spaces repurposed and reimagined. Peter Clarke The timber pavilion additions... More

The Bachmann Collaboration Building at Flintridge Preparatory School is a new STEAM facility anchoring the north end of the academic core of the Flintridge campus. The third phase in a $20+ million master plan, it vertically integrates design thinking, research, and student enterprise in a dynamic, collaborative facility. Inessa Binenbaum The building brings together three distinct programs: STEM, global studies, and leadership, seamlessly interconnecting them through common areas and an open, skylit central stair linking all levels of the building. To the south of the atrium, the instructional wing has been structured for maximum flexibility. The spaces in the leadership building encourage movement from one space to another through o... More

The idea of the project for the new secondary school of Osio Sotto, situated inside a public park, derives from a dialogue with the surrounding natural context. Fabio Mantovani The entire façade is organized according to a pattern of horizontal lines with vertical slats. The texture composes a geometric game originating from the form of the windows and glazed surfaces, while the colour scheme of the finishings, in different shades of greens and reds, reflects the way the surrounding vegetation changes its tones and colours with the seasons. The different surfaces reflect the light in different ways, creating a lively rhythm on the façade and giving the building a mutable appearance. Fabio Mantovani    ... More

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