New High School 2013 Waldorf, MD Project in the Design Phase Design Concept Award SHW Group LLP 2010 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture

New High School 2013

Waldorf, MDProject in the Design Phase

Design Concept AwardSHW Group LLP

2010 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture



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Bringing the Outside, Inside

The Digital Dome classroom, designed to hold 300 creative minds within a circular, theater space, projects all types of information onto an internal, domed environment via sharply focused projection methods.

Community Environment:

The community had two primary objectives for this school:

•Respond to the National need to improve students’ science and technology skills in order to compete in the worldwide job market; and

•Reflect the community’s commitment to sustainable design.

The newly expanded St. Charles community will include over 4,000 new homes designed with many sustainable features. The new High School will further connect to the community with its own high performance design features, including geothermal heating and cooling, 25,000 sf vegetative/green roof, and rainwater harvesting for play field irrigation.

Bringing the Outside, InsideCommunity Environment:

The community had two primary objectives for this school:

•Respond to the National need to improve students’ science and technology skills in order to compete in the worldwide job market; and

•Reflect the community’s commitment to sustainable design.

The software and program flexibility inside the Digital Dome, allow a wide range of graphically illustrated learning topics in science, technology, math, space exploration, and worldwide events to be used by all students.1.

Learning Anywhere, AnytimeLearning Environment:

The School’s science and technology instructional mission is centered around three cutting-edge learning environments designed to enhance the experience of learning.

Adjacent and yet separate from the Dome classroom is the Science on a Sphere classroom which is within a more intimate, glass-enclosed space holding 30 students.

Projectors work together to project a perfect, real-time, rendition of our moving earth on a 6 foot- diameter, suspended globe within a darkened space.

This projection method also allows a vast typology of instructional and presentation formats designed by NOAA and others. The space will have a full-time facilitator to allow numerous learning opportunities for students and community members.

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Learning Anywhere, Anytime

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Learning Environment:


A series of resource spaces found in strategic areas adjacent to traditional classrooms and other related spaces serve as satellites to the main resource center and offer zones for reading, videoconference/distance-learning, small group activities, etc.

All of these cutting-edge spaces will help inspire and show the exciting potential to be found in both science and technology.

Learning Anywhere, Anytime

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Learning Environment:


It is well known that color and texture are key elements to achieving the best learning environment. The design has strived to bring the bright, texturally diverse exterior materials into interior finishes as well. A language of materials that is at once complimentary and different and yet cohesive from outdoors to indoors create environments that stimulate the senses and promote learning.

Inspire Internally & ExternallyPhysical Environment:

The school incorporates the latest research and understanding of integrated, physical features that has strived to bring the bright, texturally diverse exterior materials into interior finishes as well. A language of materials that is at once complimentary and different and yet cohesive from outdoors to indoors create environments that stimulate the senses and promote learning.

Quiet learning environments have been achieved by appropriate adjacencies and high levels of acoustic separation where necessary. Acoustic panels are also used to reduce both decibel levels and reverberation time; keys to overall sound control. Carpet throughout traditional classrooms work in concert with acoustic ceilings to dramatically reduce these sound components as well.

The School is being designed to meet LEED Gold standards. The key components of Geothermal heating and cooling, 25K Vegetative-Green-Roof, and rainwater harvesting for play field irrigation are integral to all other high performance characteristics built into this design.

Inspire Internally & ExternallyPhysical Environment:

Site-to-Building orientation for leveraging passive and active Solar features was an initial decision that allows the major systems to work most optimally as an integrated, highly efficient machine. Energy modeling through the use of the BIM (Model) database proves and allows us to fine-tune during design. The original site was used for strip mining with most of its original natural, top-soil materials removed. Through careful design consideration the man-made wetlands created by the shallow mining has been incorporated into the overall strategy for storm water and sediment containment. They will also be left to naturally mature and become positive visual site features and exterior learning environments.

Green –Roof

On Site DesignPlanning Process:

A school with this vision could not have been developed without the collaborative efforts of the entire Design Team including the A/E, School Administration and Teachers. Many of the crucial design decisions were completed in a work-shop setting with all of these stakeholders’ input.

Planning Process:

The Architects led an A/E design effort through the integrated use of Building Information Management (BIM) which allowed the stakeholders to see 3D representations of spaces and building components during the process.

This high end graphic information also incorporates a complete data-base of all component information for integrated reporting of any portion of the building to help inform the Team during design and builder during construction.

Building Information Modeling

First Floor plan

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Second Floor plan


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Third and Fourth Floor plans


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Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2010 Project Data

Submitting Firm : SHW Group LLPProject Role ArchitectProject Contact Lisa Julian-MillerTitle Vice President, Business Development Address 1016 Morton Street, Suite 200City, State or Province, Country Baltimore, MD 21201Phone 410.244.5570

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

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Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2010 Project Details

Project Name New High School 2013

City Waldorf

State MD

District Name Charles County

Supt/President James E. Richmond

Occupancy Date Est. 2013

Grades Housed 9-12

Capacity (Students) 1,600

Site Size (acres) 99.8 acres

Gross Area (sq. ft.) 291,000 sf

Per Occupant (pupil) 182 sf / pupil

gross/net please indicate Gross

Design and Build? No

If yes, Total Cost:

Includes:

If no,

Site Development: $ 6,600,000

Building Construction: $49,400,000

Fixed Equipment: $ 4,000,000

Other: Natatorium $ 7,000,000 (Alternate)

Total: $67,000,000

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New High School 2013 Waldorf, MD Project in the Design Phase Design Concept Award SHW Group LLP 2010 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture