Scotch Oakburn College 2010 2010 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Entire School/Campus Building RENOVATION/ADDITION/ RESTORATION
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l ning e A r A m e r i c A n S c h o o l B o A r d J o u r n A l SPring 2010 B y d e S i g n S P LEARNING r i n g 2 0 1 0 BY DESIGN The premier source for education design innovation and excellence The premier source for education design innovation and excellence VOL 19 / SPRING 2010 VOL / 19 clockwise from top left: university of houston—calhoun lofts, The Poplar creek Public library, and oconomowoc Arts center G B Y D I N E N S R I A G E N COMBINED-LEVE L S C H OO L L G B Y D I N E N S OUTSTANDING R I A G PROJECT E N L Grand D uke School—A School in the Forest at Duke Prize 2010 University 2010 Entire School/Campus Durham, North Carolina Building NEW CONSTRUCTION G B Y D FIELDING NGA IRB YIN DTERNATIONAL, I N E I N E N S N LLC S R I R I A G A G E N 16605E Windsor ParkN Drive L L Citation of HonorableLutz, FL 33549 Excellence www.fieldingnair.comMention Prakash Nair 2010 917/406-31202010 DTW ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS, LTD. www.dtwarch.com DESIGN TEAM Fielding Nair International, Educational Master Planners Fielding Nair International, Design Architects DTW Architects & Planners, Ltd., Project Architects Fielding Nair International, Educational Commissioning Consultants Coulter Jewell Thames PA, Landscape Architects OWNER/CLIENT n 2005, Duke School, Duke School a former lab school of Durham, NC Duke University and to Dave Michelman, Ithis day a center for innova- Head of School tion in education, initiated 919/493-1827 a new master plan in order to consolidate its elemen- KEY STATS tary and middle schools on one campus. In the process Grades Served: Pre-K-8 it realized the enormous Capacity: 450 students prospects for creating true Size of Site: 19.2 acres 21st century learning envi- Building Area: 37,240 square feet ronments. Stage one of the building project opened in Building Volume: 446,880 cubic feet February 2009. Space per Student: 186 square feet Two new personalized Cost per Student: $10,589 learning communities (PLCs) Square Foot Cost: $128 provide outstanding oppor- Construction Cost: $4.8 million tunities for personalized, project-based learning in the Total Project Cost: $6.1 million middle years at Duke School: Contract Date: 2005 the Fifth- & Sixth-Grade PLC Completed: Aug. 2009 and the Seventh- & Eighth- Completion: 100% Grade PLC. This design means that PHOTOGRAPHY: FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL every student now has an opportunity to succeed, no matter what his or her preferred learning style or 102 LEARNING BY DESIGN S P R ING 2 0 1 0 | www.learningbydesign.biz Reprinted with permission from Learning by Design. © 2010. National School Boards Association. particular strength might be. so without needing to be led As further insurance that by an adult. each and every student will Small teams of teachers succeed, the design breaks and support staff work with down the campus into small an autonomous space alloca- learning communities so that tion system that gives them all students are individually the flexibility to coordinate acknowledged by their peers interdisciplinary studies and and by caring adults. provides students with highly Each of these buildings respectful, democratic learn- comprises a range of open ing space. The entire middle and discrete spaces for a wide school is planned without any range of different learning corridors or hallways, mean- modalities as defined by Nair ing that every space can be & Fielding in The Language used for learning. of School Design (2009). The Situated between the Fifth- designs were tested as they & Sixth-Grade and Seventh- were developed to ensure that & Eighth-Grade PLCs is a each learning modality would new administration/resource/ be fully available to students arts building. This comprises as independent learners. This a reception and adminis- been added to the school’s This range of highly var- means that if a student needs tration office, a principal’s inventory. ied, agile, flexible, generalist to access a particular resource office, one other office space, All buildings have been learning spaces and easily such as a building material, a multifunctional resource designed to highlight the accessible specialist facilities an outdoor space, a teacher center, a music lab with spectacular forest setting, and supports the school’s belief in or student in another class, recording studios and storage, local timber construction also high-quality teacher-student a computer, or a handheld and a visual arts lab with stor- grants the building interiors relationships and unlimited device, he or she is able to do age. A gymnasium has also home-like warmth. learning opportunities. n www.learningbydesign.biz | LEARNING BY DESIGN S P R ING 2 0 1 0 103 G B Y D I N E N S R I A G E N L G B Y D I N E N S OUTSTANDING R I A G PROJECT E N L Grand Prize 2010 2010 G B Y D G B Y D I N E I N E N S N S R I R I A G A G COMBINED-LEVE L S C H OO L E N E N L L Citation of Honorable Excellence Mention Scotch Oakburn College 2010 2010 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Entire School/Campus Building RENOVATION/ADDITION/ RESTORATION FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL, LLC 16605 Windsor Park Drive Lutz, FL 33549 www.fieldingnair.com Prakash Nair 917/406-3120 DESIGN TEAM Fielding Nair International, Design Architect Hassell (WA), Project Architect Patrick Architects, Vic, Project Architect Philp Lighton Architects, Tas, Project Architect Fielding Nair International, Educational Commissioning Consultants n 2005 Scotch Oakburn College (SOC) began plan- ning for a new paradigm OWNER/CLIENT Iof education. This model Scotch Oakburn College would be more collaborative, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia more interdisciplinary, more Andrew Barr, Principal hands-on, and more focused +61 3 6336 3326 on sustainable futures, all while attending to students’ social, emotional, and spiritual needs. KEY STATS The process of envision- Grades Served: K-12 ing change began by engaging Capacity: 360 students reputed educational facil- ity planning and design firm Size of Site: 1.5 acres Fielding Nair International. Building Area: 32,800 square feet In a series of visioning, plan- Building Volume: 656,000 cubic feet ning, and design charrettes, the Space per Student: 85 square feet school community began to see Cost per Student: $21,666 the close connections between its re-energized educational Square Foot Cost: $238 model and the redesign of the Construction Cost: $7.8 million overall campus. Four projects Contract Date: 2005 emerged from this exercise of Completed: 2009 connecting learning and facili- Completion: 100% ties, and each broke the mold in significant ways. Two key projects are discussed below: a PHOTOGRAPHY: FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL conversion of an old gymnasi- um and a middle school design. First, in the Robert Dean (Senior Students’) Centre project, an old gymnasium was converted. SOC took a sustain- able path and converted the existing gymnasium into two learning communities of 100 104 LEARNING BY DESIGN SPRING 2010 | www.learningbydesign.biz Reprinted with permission from Learning by Design. © 2010. National School Boards Association. students each on two floors of studio model. A high volume of the building, with visual and glazing and several mobile walls physical connections between mean that each PLC can eas- the two communities. Prior ily transform into an advisory to the start of classes, teachers or community center model. were trained through a new The PLC approach honors the process of educational commis- importance of good teacher- sioning—learning how to maxi- student relationships by provid- mize the features of the facility ing one group of students and toward improving teaching and their teachers with a dedicated learning outcomes. palette of spaces for a whole Second, the new Scotch range of different teaching and projects in any discipline, and sweeping views of the valley Oakburn College Middle learning modalities. Teachers ICT is ubiquitous. below. They also exploited it School building is a physical and students in the middle The middle school building to enhance the surrounding representation of the school’s school are no longer limited is located on one of the steep- outdoor learning areas, most philosophy on education for to conducting classes in a box. est parts of the campus, which significantly incorporating a 11- to 14-year-olds. The build- Instead, there are larger and for many years was severely large amphitheatre immediately ing comprises three distinct smaller rooms, so team teaching underutilized. The design- adjacent to the main entrance. areas, each of which forms a and student-led activities can ers approached the slope as We believe this is a world-class personalized learning com- take place. Da Vinci Studios are an opportunity rather than a example of good public space munity (PLC) in the learning always available for hands-on handicap, and used it to enable design in a school setting. n www.learningbydesign.biz | LEARNING BY DESIGN S P R ING 2 0 1 0 105.