― Independent Schools
Balancing Tradition and Transformation
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Introduction ― 4 Selected Projects ― 8
Front cover: Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Upper School Humanities Building, Atlanta, Georgia Left: Phillips Academy Andover, Snyder Center, Andover, Massachusetts
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― Independent Schools
Embracing change while centering on core values Independent schools come in all shapes and sizes, so we don’t take a cookie-cutter approach. We look at the full picture of a school’s mission, from each unique heritage to current needs and aspirations. A community’s core values become our guide to connect generations and help usher in change.
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Independent Schools
Working together for the future.
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Collaboration is the foundation of our designs—especially for schools that have highly individualized education philosophies. We empower communities to not only envision the future, but embrace it.
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― Independent Schools
Selected Projects
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Phillips Academy Andover, Snyder Center Andover, Massachusetts Client: Phillips Academy Andover Size: 98,000 square feet (9,104 square meters) Completion Date: 2018 Awards: Citation, AIA New England, 2019
― WHAT IT IS
This future-ready inclusive facility that supports the athletic program’s motto “Exercise for All.”
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The indoor track was designed for flexibility. It can be configured for indoor and outdoor sports alike, and even host community events like convocations.
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Phillips Academy Andover, Snyder Center
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
This athletic facility and hub for student activity is the first in the country to combine such an array of program elements and be designed as a net-zero energy facility.
Taking inspiration from the surrounding site, the building design elevates a simple palette of materials—concrete block, metal panels, and beechwood.
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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Upper School Atlanta, Georgia Client: Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Size: 60,000 square feet (5,574 square meters) Completion Date: 2021
― WHAT IT IS
Overlooking a large greenspace, this building fosters collaboration, innovation, and community.
The light and energy from the indoor spaces extends into the central courtyard, creating an impressive new entryway to campus.
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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Upper School
― WHAT MAKES IT RELEVANT
Intentionally designed common areas, lounges, and nooks throughout the building create organic opportunities for collaboration.
← Flexible classrooms equipped with the latest instructional technology allow students to move seamlessly between independent work and group projects.
→ The two-story atrium is a multi-functional place for students to lounge, grab a snack, or purchase items from the school store.
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Ransom Everglades School STEM Building Coconut Grove, Florida Client: Ransom Everglades School Size: 45,000 square feet (4,180 square meters) Completion Date: 2020
― WHAT IT IS
The building acts as a lantern and a living laboratory that showcases the future of STEM.
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The building’s three interconnected volumes articulate the main programmatic components: classrooms, labs, and central collaboration spaces.
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Ransom Everglades School STEM Building
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Laboratories for earth sciences, biology, chemistry and physics integrate with stateof-the-art fabrication and maker labs.
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Brimmer and May School Renovation and Addition Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Client: Brimmer and May School Size: 13,000 square feet (1,207 square meters) Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
Renovations and additions driven by creative thinking, collaboration, and community.
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Brimmer and May School Renovation and Addition
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The design enhances the school’s STEAM program by incorporating a large flexible innovation lab, maker space, break out rooms to present, collaborate and brainstorm.
Brimmer and May School Renovation and Addition
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Learning spaces are located close to the civic commons and adjacent to each other to encourage student interaction.
The design supports critical thinking and analytics, enhanced by emerging technologies and handson problem solving.
St. Stephens Episcopal Day School, Arts and Innovation Center Coconut Grove, Florida Client: St. Stephens Episcopal Day School Size: 30,000 square feet (2,787 square meters) Completion Date: 2020
― WHAT IT IS
A showcase for future-ready STEAM education in early childhood development, serving a school steeped in tradition.
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The principles of STEAM education guided the design of a facility that fosters a multidisciplinary approach to education.
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St. Stephens Episcopal Day School
Formal and informal spaces for education and exploration foster transparency, mobility, and well-being.
Fellowship Christian School, Upper School Roswell, Georgia Client: Fellowship Christian School Size: 53,000 square feet (4,923 square meters) Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
A vibrant campus that helps guide students on their academic and spiritual journeys.
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An updated campus master plan included athletic, academic, and shared-use facilities that frame an expanded campus vision..
Fellowship Christian School
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Every floor includes a flexible space for STEM exploration or new media, fostering innovative learning environments at all levels.
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The Wheeler School, Campus Master Plan Providence, Rhode Island and Seekonk, Massachusetts Client: The Wheeler School Completion Date: 2019
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― WHAT IT IS
A campus master plan that began with a rigorous analytical process, examining utilization, efficiency, programming, and adjacencies.
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The insights garnered from our data analysis illuminated the space needs and reallocation required to improve student and faculty collaboration and effectively deliver the academic program.
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Bishop Lynch High School, Campus Master Plan and Expansion Dallas, Texas Client: Bishop Lynch High School Size: 87,000 square feet addition, 70,600 square foot renovation (8,082 square meter addition, 6,558 square meter renovation) Completion Date: 2016
― WHAT IT IS
A new entry courtyard gives the campus a new front door and realigns the flow of students from class to clubs to sporting events—all the elements that make up the campus culture.
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“The Way,” connects the campus both physically end-to-end and conceptually, from the classroom to the court.
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Captivating school environments that cultivate young minds.
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Phillips Academy Andover, Snyder Center Andover, Massachusetts
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