STEM

The new Trinity Intermediate Elementary School opened in September 2024 to serve the growing Trinity Area School District. The new building, constructed as an addition to the Middle School, is serving grades 4 and 5. Ed Massery Ed Massery Ed Massery Ed Massery Each of the building’s three levels contains a centralized Innovation Project Classroom to support the STREAM elements of the curriculum. The school’s design integrated classroom-adjacent support spaces for team activities, pullout instruction, and small-group learning. Planning for the project sought to strengthen the relationships between individual classrooms and flexible learning spaces. Ed Massery Adam Warner / DRAW Collective Adam Wa... More

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

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

Schools in Bulgaria keep the imprint of the past socialist period. A long corridor with rooms attached to it, identical desks and chairs facing the podium, where the teacher, the source of knowledge, stands. An educational model, fit for the 21st century, is hard to thrive in this environment. Because of that, 90. SU “José de san Martín” school in Sofia approached Lusio architects to redesign part of their existing building into a new STEM space called "Grow". The process was long and involved extensive research - on-site observation of school life, interviews and focus groups with the teachers and students. In a series of workshops, the architects discovered several challenges for the space - such as the need for... More

Designed by NORR and Fishbeck, the new STEM Innovation Center at Wayne State University transforms what was a dated, seven-storey library into a state of the art, 116,467 sq. ft interdisciplinary teaching and learning hub. The building pushes the boundaries of what classrooms, laboratories, and collaboration spaces look like and function—aiding the university’s public research focus, while preparing students for successful careers in STEM industries. Justin Maconochie Photography As learning spaces evolve from eyes-front classrooms into multifunctional workspaces, their lighting approach must support the various activities these environments demand. Flexibility, comfort, and performance are critical for productivity and we... More

In the last decade the number of UM-Flint students majoring in STEM disciplines increased by 58%—all housed in a single facility, the Murchie Science Building (MSB). To accommodate continued enrollment growth in STEM, MSB is expanding, with an addition that adds 70,000 sf of new, active and team-based learning spaces. Tom Harris UM-Flint turned to HED to design an addition to extend and enhance the existing MSB. The new structure would not only need to create new classrooms and laboratories, but also meet the unique needs of UM-Flint’s nontraditional student population, providing majority-commuter students with a strong connection to the campus and cultivating a sense of community. In response, the proposed design seeks to... More

When we first got invited to design an innovative STEM center in Shumen, Bulgaria, we were pleased to work with a young team of teachers and professionals, who helped us set the program. Happily, their views and needs matched with our approach and together we were able to establish a design proposal with which we applied for state funding and subsequently the school won the finances needed for the realization. Teachers wanted to have the proper facilities to prepare children for the professions of the future, like environmentalist, computer specialist, robotics engineer and others in the STEM field. To answer their requirements, we proposed that each of the laboratories of the refurbished center has its distinctive feature in a specifi... More

Kristopher Decker, Firewater Photography   SKOLNICK and CRAIG GAULDEN DAVIS were commissioned by the Roper Mountain Science Center (RMSC) to design a new Environmental Science and Sustainability Center.  The focus of this new facility, which serves K-12 students, community organizations, families, educators, and the general public, is to promote an understanding and an appreciation of Greenville’s local natural resources, and to inspire people to seek and implement relevant solutions to environmental challenges and climate change.   Kristopher Decker, Firewater Photography   The new center includes STEAM-based student labs, flexible classrooms, an aquarium, and a teaching kitchen. SKOLNICK also led the... More