21st-Century LearningSpaces
Classrooms of the Future Re-imagine Learning Environments
Woodside Priory School Portola, California
Re-think spaces.
No two institutions are alike.
Every scenario requires a fresh perspective. We approach projects with a design-thinking method, for a datadriven understanding of relevant factors to Town School for Boys San Francisco
create a design that best supports a unique mission and vision.
Data informs design. DISCOVERY
ASSESSMENT
STRATEGY
ASSETS CULTUR E ENVIRONMENT PROCESS RESILIENCY SHARIN G FINANC E
FEEDBACK
Data collection occurs in the discovery and assessment phases of a six-step process. It is analyzed and quantified in the strategy phase. Insights gleaned from the strategy phase inform the solution planning, design, testing, prototyping, and implementation.
PLANNING + DESIGN
TESTING + PROTOTYPE
IMPLEMENTATION
LOOP
MKThink uses data and analytics to optimize operational and cultural alignment, for increased productivity and asset value. We analyze data to gain insight into system dynamics and run scenarios on our 4Daptive analytics platform, to determine the “best fit� strategy.
We create spaces to reflect and support both the brands and the people who define them. Our designs are driven by metrics beyond beauty and comfort to support activities and cultures, creating value for our clients.
Oakland UniďŹ ed School District Student Live : Go Data 2013 - 2014
Visioning and strategic planning are dynamic processes that enable the core strengths of an institution. Program:
Burckhalter Elementary School
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Average Distance To School: 1.67 miles
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Our design extends beyond the built environment to capture the ethos of place and mindset of users. Grades Served K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Town School for Boys San Francisco, CA
Modernize and adapt to new technology, teaching, and learning methods The new Town School environment was carefully considered from re-thinking classroom spaces to creating new spatial typologies to support a dynamic curriculum. We restructured the daily schedule for maximial utilization and minimal latent space to complement the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) classrooms, collaboration space, and a new Commons area.
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The roof of the school became a practice field for physical education, making use of the precious real estate in the tight urban footprint.
The STEAM corridor connects to the facility as a whole. A garage door can be opened to visually and physically link the space to its neighboring classrooms.
The atrium filters natural light to each floor and provides visual connectivity for students and administrators. This new Commons fosters a sense of community and advances the school culture.
Woodside Priory Performing Arts Center Portola Valley, CA
A state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center (PAC) for a top college preparatory school The new facility comprises three structures clustered around a plaza, including a flexible performance auditorium with retractable seating for 400, a black box drama theater, and a professional set production shop, as well as chorus and orchestra classrooms. The plaza is central, defining the primary campus entrance, providing both an outdoor living room and an alternative space to congregate, learn, and perform. Completed 2009 | GSF 20,673 sf
“THE WHOLE CULTURE OF THE PLACE SAYS ‘WE’RE LOOKING FOR BETTER IDEAS,’ NOT ‘KEEP YOUR FEET OFF THE FURNITURE.’ EVERY ELEMENT IS MEANT TO STIR INNOVATION...” –DAVID KELLY, IDEO
Stanford d.school
Stanford, CA
Three entities, one dynamic new space The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, The Design Group, and the Center for Design Research would share Stanford’s new d.school. MKThink did an extensive ethnographic study utilizing videos, interviews, and surveys, providing a foundation for an innovative design to accommodate these creative disciplines in one space. We allowed for potential areas of collaboration and overlap to enhance the learning space for students of all three. COMPLETED 2009 | GSF 29,500 sf
Stanford Law School William H. Neukom Building Stanford, CA
Interior solutions accommodate a growing student population MKThink transformed a 72,000 square-foot, Brutalist-style building into a full campus, including complete reconstruction of 16 classrooms and lecture halls, a new faculty building, and 600 new residential units - all designed for the ultimate user experience and efficiency in keeping with the integrity and reputation of a world class university. COMPLETED 2012 | GSF 72,000 sf
Students enjoy an extraordinary collaborative environment with cutting-edge facilities. The William H. Neukom building enhances the Law School’s status as a premiere educational institution supporting their mission to be “an ideal environment for exploring and mastering the law”.
With the digital age, space previously dedicated to collections was redesigned for much needed research, group, and independent study areas.
Stanford Law Crown Quad Stanford, CA
Renovation and expansion MKThink led a summer-break, fast-tracked overhaul, which included new classrooms, legal clinics, moot court room, and multi-storied law library. We also headed the strategic assessment and concept validation for a new 60,000 sf faculty and clinics facility.
COMPLETED 2008 | GSF 72,000 sf
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Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA
A multi-year, multi-phase project with both strategic planning and architectural intervention The scope included an updated campus masterplan, phase renovations of the existing downtown location, and a floor-by-floor, post-occupancy evaluation informed the next phases of the design process in real time.
COMPLETED Ongoing | GSF 271,826 sf
The Pinewood School
Los Altos, CA
A new private K-12 campus design supports enhanced Arts and Science programs MkThink created a central courtyard to use as an outdoor classroom with provisions for child safety and noise reduction for residential neighbors. The new plan doubled the previous square footage of the school and included a small performance theater.
COMPLETED 2009 | GSF 15,000 sf
Emeryville Center for Community Life One of the first K-12 education, community health & social services, arts & recreation integrated programs designed to serve an entire community in the country. The Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) is a joint project of the City of Emeryville and the Emeryville Unified School District. The completed complex will comprise 115,000 sf of new and renovated spaces It will include elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as a community center and offices for social service providers. Ther will be outdoor spaces with multi-use sports fields, playgrounds, a community courtyard, and plazas - all interconnected by a series of paths. Our team facilitated a public engagement process, collecting detailed data and statistical input to help guide the design process. On an unprecedented fast track schedule, the team navigated a series of complex entitlements granted by various local and state agencies.
COMPLETED Ongoing | GSF 130,000 sf
fitness
urban
community
PRIMARY TASK FORCE PRIORITY
SECONDARY TASK FORCE PRIORITY
YOUTH SURVEY
EXISTING PROGRAM IN EMERYVILLE*
PROVIDED AT ECCL
swimming facilities
volleyball courts
tennis courts
basketball courts
baseball diamonds
multi-use fields
fitness gym
blackboard wall
rental equipment
facilities for adult sports leagues
climbing wall
circuit training facilities
skate park
parking
landscaping [trees]
urban furniture
access point to street
pedestrian and bike acess
outdoor markets
transit connections
in-park tenants [food / retail vendors]
food trucks [temporary pop-ups]
water play features
youth play areas
bbq facilities / picnic areas
community / recreation buildings
education components
dog parks
community gardens
PARK / OPEN SPACE
FLEXIBILITY + INCLUSIVITY MKThink designed adaptable, multi-purpose spaces to increase utilization potential and community value, achieving more for less. The Emeryville Community Center will transform the quality of life for Emeryville citizens, offering educational, recreational, cultural, and social opportunities in one special place. There will be services for everyone from infants to senior citizens, including family support programs, academic and career counseling, pre-kindergarten programs, and parent resources. Plans for a variety of services and programs to support lifelong learning and healthy lifestyles, with public access to facilities and services for art, music and dance, job training, after-school activities, fitness, technology, and health and social services.
Selected Client List Anderson Art Collection
Oakland Unified School District
Children’s Hospital Oakland
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
City College of San Francisco
Port of San Francisco
City of Dublin
Presidio YMCA
City of Emeryville
San Francisco Art Institute
Emery Unified School District
SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation
Golden Gate National Parks
Santa Clara University
Conservancy
Stanford University
Golden Gate University
Graduate School of Business
Hawaii Department of Education
Law School
Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
Graduate School of Education
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
School of Mechanical Engineering
Jacoby Creek Charter School District
d.school: Institute of Design
Marin Montessori School
Town School for Boys
Mission Creek Sports Park
University of California, Berkeley
Menlo College
Mozilla Corporation
University of California Hastings
Nature Conservancy of California
University of San Francisco
New College of California
US Navy | Office of Naval Research
Nexus Partners
Woodside Priory School
Boalt Hall School of Law
Selected Project List City College Of San Francisco, san francisco, ca
Office of Naval Research/ US Navy,
temporary structure strategy
research, data collection
City Of Emeryville Center For Community Life, emeryville, ca site master planning, site programming, planning for relocation
Golden Gate University, san francisco, ca
+ analysis, field and fixed
facility test, sensor kit development
San Francisco Art Institute, san francisco, ca facilities assessment and master plan
Santa Clara University, santa clara, ca master planning
master planning, programming, renovation,
Stanford Graduate School Of Business,
campus cohesion plan, and strategy
stanford, ca
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy,
stay or go evaluation, visioning
san francisco, ca
Stanford d.school, stanford, ca
project frog implementation, programming
interior renovation, ethnographic study, programming
site redesign, farrington high school
facility opportunity study
Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, hilo, hi
Stanford Law School, stanford, ca
energy characterization study
library renovations, future-forward master plan
Hawaii Department Of Education, hilo, hi
Jacoby Creek Charter School District, arcata, ca planning, temporary structure deployment
Marin Montessori School, corte madera, ca
Stanford School Of Education, stanford, ca
Stanford Arts Center, stanford, ca
facilities assessment, long range facilities planning
Town School For Boys, san francisco, ca new school building
project frog implementation, programming
facility master plan, design, construction management
corporate headquarters, interior design, user
boalt school of law, berkeley, ca
engagement, data collection and strategic analysis
strategic plan assessment and programming
Menlo College, menlo park, ca
University Of California Hastings,
master planning
san francisco, ca
Mozilla Corporation, various, ca
Mission Bay Parks, san francisco, ca mission creek sports park and pavilions
Oakland Unified School District, oakland, ca
University Of California Berkeley,
programming and planning, long-range campus planning
University Of San Francisco, san francisco, ca facility optimization and programming
strategic consulting and assessment,
Woodside Priory School, portola valley, ca
strategic master plan
performing arts center (ground-up)
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