Bainbridge High School200 Building

Bainbridge Island, WashingtonHigh School

Project of Distinction/New ConstructionMahlum

2009 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture

Bainbridge High School 200 Building

Enhancing learning, celebrating community, honoring heritage.Community Environment:

Intended to create a new front door, the 200 Building provides a rich educational environment, fosters a sense of community through visual transparency, invites public use and reinforces connections to the context.

Equally important is honoring the heritage of this site, including preservation of historic cherry trees planted by a Japanese-American after returning to the island from the internment camps of WWII.

Connecting to place.Community Environment (cont):

The new building stands as the front door to the campus and is sited as an edge to a central quad that is completed by buildings on each of the remaining three sides. All new spaces are visually connected to this student oriented place which opens to a 1.4 acre woodland to the west, reinforcing the link between buildings, students, community and the environment.

The new building replaces one of six buildings on a campus located at the crest of the island. The facility is oriented to maximize day lighting along north and south elevations and take advantage of views east to the Cascade Mountains and west to the Olympic Mountains.

Layers of connections. Learning Environment:Given the opportunity to replace teaching space and enlarge shared common areas, the client’s primary objectives for this project were to clarify campus entry, create a world-class education facility that reinforces learning and connectivity through transparency. The spine creates the facility’s heart, connecting classrooms, administrative space and the library, while allowing daylight to flood the lower level. Layered public spaces unfold from this core as the building steps down a terraced slope to the west. Anchoring the west side of the building is the commons, seamlessly uniting building and landscape with shared contours while mitigating a significant separation between upper and lower portions of the campus.

Transparency in learning.Learning Environment (cont):The existing campus follows a departmental organization for educational delivery. To maintain flexibility, new classrooms are identical and provide space to integrate two curricular areas. New teaching spaces connect learning opportunities to one another by providing significant transparency to other areas of the building and campus. Transparent walls from teaching spaces create layers of connection and learning throughout each of the building levels. Exterior classroom walls are completely glazed from ceiling to floor and walls adjacent to interior circulation spaces offer similar glazing over half of the wall area, making learning visible throughout all areas of the facility.

Environmental connections.Physical Environment

The new building stands as a model for sustainable design and resource management. The entire facility is designed to be naturally ventilated, with air conditioning limited to administrative office spaces. 18,000 square feet of green roofs are found in selected areas to reduce heating and cooling loads on the building. The roofs are visible from the second level as a reminder of responsible resource management.

Ventilation systems are regulated by CO2 sensors throughout all areas of the building. Electric lighting operates on daylight responsive controls to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. Energy usage is expected to be 25-30% lover than the code-required minimum.

Empowering responsible citizens.Physical Environment (cont):The impact of this building is expected to reach beyond its footprint. An educated and informed society empowers responsible citizens. Leading through example, the school has committed to engage everyone who uses their facility with environmentally sensitive development. Environmental connections to site rain gardens, exterior learning spaces, daylight, fresh air and other green building features link students to context and resource conservation, encouraging a participation in the cultivation of tomorrow’s sustainable communities.

Collaborative planning.Planning Process:Regular, interactive planning sessions with school staff, students, parents and School District representatives determined that this building should be a significant civic structure that welcomes the community through emphasis on clear access and openness to its common spaces. As a result, the 200 building focuses on highlighting the buildings relationship to, and transparency from, the street. This formed the design concept of the building: to organize the building into vertical strata of public and private spaces connected by a double height gallery that becomes a dynamic forum for gathering, connection and collaboration.Design began in 2006 followed with an 18 month construction period. The building was occupied in January 2009.

Project Goals.Planning Process (cont):The following goals drove the design concept and guided the team during all phases of the work:

:: Create an environment that fosters collaboration and collegiality across all populations.

:: Create a sense of belonging and connectedness through recognition, affirmation and relationships of mutual respect.

:: Build an environment where all students and staff feel safe at school, comfortable in the knowledge that acceptance and respect for diversity are expected and everyone will be held accountable for their conduct.

:: Provide opportunities for each student to develop personal responsibility along with a commitment to improving the environment and the welfare of others, in partnership with the community.

:: Create and foster a caring environment for each student, as supported by the School District and community.

Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2009 Project Data

Submitting Firm : MahlumProject Role ArchitectProject Contact David MountTitle Associate PrincipalAddress 71 Columbia, Floor 4City, State or Province, Country Seattle, Washington 98104Phone (206) 441-4151

Joint Partner Firm:Project RoleProject ContactTitleAddressCity, State or Province, CountryPhone

Other Firm:Project RoleProject ContactTitleAddressCity, State or Province, CountryPhone

Construction Firm: Leo Finnegan Construction Co., Inc.Project Role General ContractorProject Contact Phil Kennedy, Mark HoffmanTitle Construction ManagerAddress 3818 South 66th StreetCity, State or Province, Country Tacoma, Washington 98409Phone (253) 472-2030

Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2009 Project Details

Project Name Bainbridge High School 200 Building

City Bainbridge Island

State Washington

District Name Bainbridge Island School District

Supt/President Faith A. Chapel

Occupancy Date January 2009

Grades Housed   9-12

 

Capacity (Students)   1,450

Site Size (acres)   20.04 acres

Gross Area (sq. ft.)   231,450 SF (campus) | 70,470 SF (building)

Per Occupant (pupil)   160 SF per pupil

gross/net please indicate   Gross

 

Design and Build?   No

If yes, Total Cost:  

Includes:  

 

If no,

Site Development:   $3,555,900

Building Construction:   $22,590,947

Fixed Equipment:   $668,580

Other:  

 

Total:   $26,815,427