INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MASTER PLANNING AND DESIGN WHAT WE DO As a collaboration of creative professionals focused on the built environment, Hord Coplan Macht provides an integrated multi- disciplinary approach to design. Architecture Landscape Architecture The goal of every Hord Coplan Macht project is to achieve a high For over forty years, Hord Coplan Macht has been creating distinctive level of functional and aesthetic architectural design, enriching both places to live, work, learn and play. Our award winning Landscape the lives of the people who use the buildings as well as the places in Architecture studio serves a diverse clientele across a broad range of which they are built. To achieve this goal, we use an efficient, logical project types including urban and mixed-use developments, community design process for consistent development of coherent aesthetic and campus planning, historic and cultural landscapes, park and open concepts. Executed by our talented, skilled staff, we work as a team space design and healing and educational environments. to complement each other’s strengths and stay consistently involved throughout a project. It is our goal to create buildings which enhance Planning the well-being of their occupants, create economic and brand value for our clients, and provide meaningful, long-lasting contributions to Grounded in the principles of successful urban design, Hord Coplan their communities. Macht creates the framework for place with special consideration to the public realm. Our project types include urban infill, neighborhood Interior Design plans, transit-oriented developments, town planning, campus planning and mixed-use developments. Our comprehensive understanding of Our Interior Design brings best practices from industry leaders to design the qualities of the site, the surrounding context, infrastructure, and environments in all of our disciplines and areas of practice. Regardless of ecological systems, the influence of landscape, and the role of buildings project type, we believe that well planned interior design not only creates combine to create a “complete” place. a lasting impression, but also recognizes the importance of the bottom line and the organizations’ culture. Our team includes all the stakeholders at the table. Our aim is to translate the goals for the project into an exciting aesthetic to meet the client’s expectation at many levels. 2 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DESIGN School design is most effective when it actively supports and enriches Campus .............................................................. 4 school programs. Hord Coplan Macht’s designs have been informed by and are responsive to research, learning philosophy, community and, ultimately, Academic & Arts .............................................19 the learners themselves. Spaces, both inside and outside, need to support Athletics... ........................................................35 the myriad ways teaching and learning occur. Contemporary design promotes configurations of spaces that encourage Student Life .....................................................44 hands-on, interdisciplinary learning. Learners need more places and ways Master Planning ..............................................52 to learn than are afforded by traditional classrooms and the incidental special-use spaces. Client List ........................................................63 Spatial variety is necessary in many new project-based curricula. Just knowing contemporary practices in teaching and learning is not enough. We have refined expertise to help school communities understand what research tells us about successful places of education. Our experience includes work for over 50 independent schools around the United States. We bring national expertise from three offices in Baltimore, MD, Alexandria, VA and Denver, CO. Together, we work with our clients to integrate distinct programs and excellent design to create exceptional educational experiences. 3 CAMPUS Independent school campuses truly embody the notion that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Our work respects and responds to each campus’ unique scale, style and culture. As we plan and design improvements to the schools, we carefully analyze not only the buildings on a campus, but also those important spaces in between. We seek solutions that are both timeless and inevitable, creating designs that may not look like they have always been there, but they will feel like they belong nowhere else. Foxcroft School 5 Foxcroft School Oldfields High School St. Paul’s School for Boys 6 Severn School 7 Mount Saint Joseph High School 8 Wye River Upper School Severn School Archbishop Spalding High School 9 Archbishop Spalding High School 10 Loudoun Country Day School 11 St. Agnes Parish 12 Loudoun Country Day School Mount Saint Joseph High School Park School of Baltimore 13 Lancaster Country Day School 14 St. Paul’s School for Girls St. Paul’s School for Girls 15 The Barrie School 16 The Barrie School St. Paul’s School for Boys St. Paul’s Upper School 17 The Barrie School 18 ACADEMICS AND ARTS With education as the core purpose of independent schools, we strive to shape those spaces where learning occurs to truly align with the school’s mission, vision and program. As learning and teaching styles continue to change, we know that we create spaces and places for learning that are flexible and agile and also keep the learner at the forefront. Likewise, those spaces that support artistic pursuits – be they visual or performing - should be designed to allow the creative process to flourish. 19 19 Loudoun Country Day School Calvert Lower School 20 Bryn Mawr School 21 Bryn Mawr School 22 Severn School 23 Bryn Mawr School Bryn Mawr School St. Paul’s Upper School 24 Severn School Severn School 25 Archbishop Spalding High School 26 Roland Park Country School Roland Park Country School The Barrie School 27 Roland Park Country School 28 McDonogh School Valor Christian High School Archbishop Spalding High School 29 Archbishop Spalding High School 30 Calvert School Garrison Forest School St. Paul’s Upper School 31 Vail Mountain School 32 Loudoun Country Day School Loudoun Country Day School Calvert Lower School 33 Loudoun Country Day School Archbishop Spalding High School 34 ATHLETICS Spaces that promote and support physical activities serve a vital role at schools. These include venues for competitive events, facilities that support practice and training, and spaces that promote greater well-being for the students. Riderwood Wellness Building 35 Bryn Mawr School St. Paul’s School for Boys St. Paul’s School for Boys 36 Severn School 37 McDonogh School 38 Loudoun Country Day School 39 Mount Saint Joesph High School Mount Saint Joesph High School Archbishop Spalding High School 40 Valor Christian High School 41 Mount Saint Joseph High School Mount Saint Joseph High School Severn School 42 Mount Saint Joseph High School 43 STUDENT LIFE Student life is what often embodies a school’s personality. From facilities that support a residential program, to elements that represent the “soft tissue” between other campus functions, these spaces truly embody a school’s culture. Student life can be reflected in a student commons building, with a lounge in a library, or even in a quiet garden. All these spaces should reflect the school’s culture and traditions. Garrison Forest School for Girls 44 Foxcroft School Calvert School The Barrie School 45 Calvert Lower School 46 Loudoun Country Day School The Barrie School 47 Oldfields High School 48 Foxcroft School 49 Valor Christian High School 50 Vail Mountain School 51 MASTER PLANNING The intrinsic interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of our practice is ideally suited for campus master planning projects. These projects combine the awareness and respect for both the facilities that support education and the campuses upon which they sit. The need to analyze and synthesize information about the buildings and the site, as well as the ability to understand the subtleties of the different types of facilities, is best supported by our multi- disciplinary approach. 52 Bryn Mawr School St. Paul’s Episcopal School 53 St. Paul’s Episcopal School 54 St. Paul’s Episcopal School 55 Foxcroft School Garrison Forest School St. Timothy School 56 The Barrie School 57 Solebury School 58 Sewanee School 59 Jackson Academy 60 St. Paul’s School Jackson Academy Bryn Mawr School 61 St. Paul’s School 62 CLIENT LIST Alexander Dawson School Broadwater Academy Garrison Forest School Hilton Head Prep School Landon School Lafayette, Colorado Exmore, Virginia Baltimore, Maryland Hilton Head, South Carolina Bethesda, Maryland • Campus Master Plan • Campus Master Plan • Campus Master Plan • Campus Master Plan • Campus Master Plan • Innovation Center • New Middle School • New Lower School Concept Design Brookwood School Holy Angels Elementary School • Dining Hall • Upper School Math & Science Building • Entry Gatehouse Thomasville, Georgia Baltimore, Maryland • Learning Commons Renovation Archbishop Spalding High School • Campus Master Plan • Academic Renovations Loudoun Country Day School • Outdoor Classroom Severn, Maryland Leesburg, Virginia Bryn Mawr School Holy Innocents Episcopal School • Campus Master Plan Gilman School • New Campus Master Plan Baltimore, Maryland Atlanta, Georgia • New Athletic Center Baltimore, Maryland • New Lower & Middle School • Campus Master Plan • Campus Master Plan • Science & Technology Addition • Campus Master Plan • New Athletic Center • New Turf