Academic K-12 Portfolio
School Experience
San Diego Unified School District
• Central Elementary School, New Campus
• Wilson Middle School, New Campus
• Morse High School Modernization, New PAC and Administration Complex
• 52nd Street Area School, San Diego, CA
• Scripps Ranch Middle School, San Diego, CA
• La Jolla HS Science Laboratories
• Point Loma HS Science Laboratories
• San Diego HS Classroom Addition and Modernization
• University City HS Science Laboratories
• Balboa Elementary School Addition and Modernization, San Diego, CA
• Carver Elementary School Art Center, San Diego, CACherokee Point Elementary School Design Competition, San Diego, CA
• Prop MM, Renovation and Addition to Nine Schools, San Diego, CA
– Grant Elementary School, Modernization and Classroom Building Addition
– Barnard Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Fletcher Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Birney Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Sunset View Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Cabrillo Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Oak Park Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Jefferson Elementary School, Modernization and Library Addition
– Gompers Middle School, Modernization and Library Expansion
Del Mar Union School District
• Torrey Hills New Elementary School, Del Mar , CA
• Del Mar USD, Del Mar Hills Elementary School Modernization, Del Mar, CA
• Del Mar USD, Del Mar Heights Elementary School Modernization, Del Mar, CA
San Dieguito Union High School District
• Torrey Pines HS West Campus Addition
• San Dieguito UHSD, Deferred Maintenance Projects
• San Dieguito UHSD, La Costa Canyon HS 6th Quad and Additions
• San Dieguito UHSD, Torrey Pines HS Master Plan
• San Dieguito UHSD, Torrey Pines HS Modernization
• San Dieguito UHSD, Torrey Pines HS Visual and Performing Arts Center
• San Dieguito UHSD, San Dieguito Academy Performing Arts Facility
• Earl Warren Middle School Master Plan, Solana Beach, CA
• Diegueno Middle School Various Remodels, Encinitas, CA
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District
• Mary Fay New K – 8 School
• Fallbrook USD, San Onofre New K – 8 School
• Fallbrook Child Care Center,
• Fallbrook Gym
• Potter Junior High School Gymnasium, San Diego, CA
Sweetwater Union High School District
• San Ysidro HS Performing Arts Center and Science Classroom Building
• Mar Vista Middle School Modernization, San Diego, CA
• Southwest Middle School Modernization, San Diego, CA
• National City Middle School Modernization, National City, CA
• Hilltop Middle School Modernization, Chula Vista, CA
Carlsbad Unified School District
• Sage Creek High School
School Experience
Conejo Valley Unified School District
• Aspen Elementary School Modernization, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Conejo Valley USD, Westlake Elementary School Modernizations,Westlake Village, CA
• Ballantyne Elementary School Modernization and Additions, El Cajon, CA
• Greenfield Middle School Modernizations, El Cajon, CA
Oxnard School District
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Oxnard, CA
• Shared Use Community Library
Goleta Union School District
• Isla Vista Elementary School, Goleta, CA
Santa Barbara School Distrcit
• Cleveland Elementary School Modernization, Santa Barbara, CA
• Roosevelt Elementary School Modernization, Santa Barbara, CA
• Franklin Elementary School Modernization, Santa Barbara, CA
Los Altos School District
• Blach Intermediate School, Los Altos, CA
• Los Altos SD, Georgina Blach Intermediate School, Los Altos, CA
• Los Altos SD and City of Los Altos, Blach and Egan Joint-Use Gyms, Los Altos, CA
• Los Angeles SD Master Plan, Los Altos, CA
Sonoma Valley USD, Adele Harrison Middle School, Sonoma, CA
Scripps Ranch Middle School, New Joint Use Gymnasium
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, Mater Dei HS
Rio School District
• Riverpark West Elementary School, Oxnard, CA
• On Call Architects, Two Middle Schools, Oxnard, CA
– Rio del Valle, Oxnard, CA
– Rio Vista, Oxnard, CA
• On Call Architects, Six Elementary Schools, Oxnard, CA
– Rio del Norte
– Rio Lindo
– Rio Plaza
– Rio Real
– Rio Rosales
– Rio del Mar
Grossmont Union High School District Master Plan
• ROP Truck Driving
• Valhalla High School Library and Additions
• Viking Center
• El Capitan HS
• Santanta HS
• West Hills HS
• Monte Vista HS
State of California, California School for the Deaf
San Francisco Unified School District
• Lilienthal Elementary School Modernization, San Francisco, CA
• Rosa Parks Elementary School Modernization, San Francisco, CA
• Gloria Davis Academic Middle Modernization, San Francisco, CA
• Claire Lilenthal School, Madison Campus K-8, San Francisco, CA
• Vista Unified SD, Lincoln Middle School, Vista, CA
San Diego Unified School District
Wilson Middle School
San Diego, California
Wilson Middle School was designed to replace aging buildings and portable classrooms beyond what modernizations and repairs can achieve. The new Wilson campus was designed as a “Community Based School” that addresses the needs of San Diego Mid City underserved neighborhoods. The two-story classroom features collaborative spaces and outdoor learning venues rather than indoor circulation corridors. A large covered outdoor student commons area at the main entry is also used as an informal lunch area. The campus has after-hours community serving programs along with a City of San Diego joint use field as a cultural / recreational center of the Mid City community. *CHPS Designed
Size: Total of 142,000 SF Classroom and Support Spaces and an additional 139,000 SF Parking Structure.
Timeline: Masterplan Start Nov 2013; Construction July 2018 - April 2021
Budget: $118,000,000
Bid Amount: $115,056,292
Final Cost: $123,301,381
Delivery Method: Lease-Lease Back
Change Order Ratio: 2.5% (originated from unforeseen conditions and City of SD issues)
DSA Number: 04-115368
Client: San Diego Unified School District, Francisco Campuzano, Project Management Supervisor, fcampuzano@sandi.net, 858.637.3510
Awards:
2025 CASH Leroy F. Greene Design & Planning Award
2022 Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada, Merit Award, Education Design
San Diego Unified School District
Central Elementary School
San Diego, California
Central Elementary School has a strong, unique architectural character facing Orange Avenue with a linear park separating it from Wilson Middle School. Through landscape spaces, building massing, materials and colors, a continuity is achieved, bringing the two campuses together while creating unique identities. Wilson and Central were designed with the idea of flexible and adaptive teaching venues emphasizing project-based learning and collaboration. These two schools incorporated numerous outdoor venues for teaching. Outdoor teaching nooks, outdoor music space, outdoor maker space adjacent to the maker space classroom, and second level collaboration spaces were all incorporated with flexibility in mind.
*CHPS Designed
Size: 109,000 SF
Timeline: Master Plan Start: Nov 2013; Construction July 2018 - May 2023
Budget: $69,000,000
Bid Amount: $81,500,000
Final Cost: $86,000,000
Delivery Method: Lease-Leaseback
Change Order Ratio: 1.9% (Change Orders due to unforeseen site conditions)
DSA Number: 04-118298
Client:San Diego Unified School District, Francisco Campuzano, Project Management Supervisor, fcampuzano@sandi.net, 858.637.3510
San Dieguito Union High School District
Torrey Pines High School - Various Projects
San Diego, California
RNT performed campus-wide modernization, including technology upgrades, and major renovations to general purpose classrooms, science & Career technology classrooms, locker building and the cafeteria. Improvements also include the addition of a Performing Arts Complex and a West Campus (44 classrooms), Chemistry building, Visual Arts Center, Weight Room and more. The improvements were implemented over several phases, with the campus remaining operational throughout the process. The Performing Arts Center includes a theater that accommodates 375 attendees. This Center features various spaces that support the performing arts curriculum. Currently, we are overseeing construction administration for a new aquatic center and athletic facilities renovations.
Budget: PAC - $20,359,849; Innovation Building Reno. - $9,551,652; West Campus - $11,212,300; Chemistry + Building B Reno. - $7,983,867
Final Cost: PAC - $20,200,286; Innovation Building Reno - $9,415,175; West Campus - $14,000,000; Chemistry + Building B Reno - $7,966,512; Aquatic Center - Ongoing
Delivery Method: CM at Risk
Schedule: Varies
DSA Numbers: 04-115781, 04-119097, 04-100983, 04-113211
Client: San Dieguito Union High School District, John Addleman
Executive Director of Planning Services (Retired)
T: 619-929-2141
San Diego Unified School District
Marston Middle School
San Diego, California
This Whole Site Modernization project scope includes improvements of the overall campus site; administration/campus identity; classroom building exterior and interior; food service building, including a complete replacement of the existing kitchen; physical education facilities reconfiguration; construction of a new gymnasium, new joint-use field, and new parking/drop-off area.
Size: 20 acre campus; 6 existing buildings and field
Budget: $36,000,000
Final Construction Cost: $31,000,000 Est.
DSA Number: 04-120297
Delivery Method: Lease-leaseback
Project Schedule: Project Start Dec 2017; Construction Start June 2022; Substantial Completion Oct 2024
Client: San Diego Unified School District
German Rearte, Facilities Development Project Coordinator, 858-634-8198
San Diego Unified School District
Grant UTK-8 School Master Plan & Campus Modernizations
San Diego, California
Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, (RNT) developed a new campus master plan for this former elementary school which was converted into a K-8 school. RNT then designed a new 8,400 SF, two-story, eight-classroom building to replace eight portable classrooms that were demolished in a previous phase. This new building included a new data/technology room that served the entire campus. Additionally, a new 5,980 SF, two-story building was built to include Food Service with adjacent shade structure, teachers support, and storage. HVAC upgrades for existing buildings to remain were included as part of this scope of work, as well as reconfigured parking lot to include a kindergarten drop-off area.
Size: 5.4 Acre master plan; 8,400 SF classroom building; 5,980 SF support building
Budget: $30M
Final Cost: Phase 1 Cost: $11,844,508, Phase 2: $9.6M
Phase 3: $5.5M, Phase 4A: $3.4M, Phase 4B: $1.6M
Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build
DSA Number: 04-117909 (Field); 04-113982 (WSM)
Client: San Diego Unified School District, Lee Dulgeroff, Senior Executive Director, ldulgeroff@sandi.net, 858.627.7241
San Diego Unified School District
Morse High School Whole Site Modernization
San Diego, California
The $35.5 million project includes the construction of a new 19,000 sf Performing Arts Center serving the campus and community, a new 12,000 sf Administration Building, renovation to the existing Gymnasium and Locker Room Building, and classroom building renovations that include interior finish upgrades and infrastructure upgrades. Our work also resulted in the reconfiguration of the internal campus Quad and outdoor spaces to incorporate accessibility compliance and reconfigure the campus drop-off sequence, parking and pedestrian access. The project will be a CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) Designed campus, integrating sustainable features into the design.
Budget: $30M (all phases)
Final Cost: $35.5M (all phases)
Delivery Method: Lease-Leaseback
Team: Rommel Olaes, Kailie Johnson
Schedule: Phase II Start: 1/2016
Phase II End: 2020
Phase III Start: 5/2019
Phase III End: 2/2024
Phase IV: Ongoing
DSA Number: 04-120595
Client: San Diego Unified School District, Lee Dulgeroff, Senior Executive Director, 858.829.1452, ldulgeroff@sandi.net
San Diego Unified School District
Gompers Preparatory Academy
San Diego, California
RNT lead a three-phased design effort to modernize the existing Gompers Preparatory Academy, which adds classrooms and athletic facilities to the campus. Phase I: Addition of air conditioning and improvements to the auditorium, the path of travel, restrooms, electrical systems, structural system and finishes. Phase II: New athletic facilities totaling 29,000 SF, including a gymnasium, locker rooms, weight room, dance room, tennis courts and a practice running track along with a new lunch shelter. Phase III: Replacement of several aging relocatable buildings, a classroom addition project will include two new academic buildings and a lecture hall totaling 33,300 SF.
Cost: $6,300,000 (Phase I), $15,500,000 (Phase II), $29,350,000 est. (Phase III)
Budget: $16,196,469
Final Construction Cost: $15,593,739
DSA Number: 04-115764(HVAC); 04-116076(Athletics); 04-120011(WSM + new classrooms)
Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build
Project Schedule: (Phase II) Design: March 2017 to May 2018 Construction: August 2018 to February 2021
Client: San Diego Unified School District
Dion Harrington, Director of Construction Management
T: 858.637.3504 E: dharrington@sandi.net
Ojai Unified School District, On-Call Architectural
Services
Ojai,
California
In 2017 RNT Architects was selected to be the district's On-Call architect and to execute projects identified as part of a $35M bond effort. These projects include the remodel of the Nordhoff HS Library to position it for the next century as a media hub; a new Central Kitchen and Dining Hall at Matilija JHS (which recently received an AIA Ventura County design award) and a much-needed modernizations of the Locker Rooms at Matilija JHS to support the inclusion of 6th grade students. These projects required modernization of accessible paths and facilities and most plumbing, mechanical and electrical infrastructure. The challenge was always to find a balance between what was needed against what improvements would have the greatest positive impact for students and what could be done while respecting budgetary limits. Work continues with assisting the District in the execution of other smaller projects including deferred maintenance and repairs and modernization of other District kitchen facilities.
Cost: $12,800,000 (total) Size: 428,100 SF (total) Completion Date: On-going
DSA Number: 03-118819(Library); 03-119638(Dining Halll) Client/Owner: Ojai Unified School District, Alan White, Bond Project Manager, 805.640.4300, awhite@ojaiusd.org
Awards: 2024 AIA Ventura Merit Award
Carlsbad Unified School District
Sage Creek High School Master Plan & New School
RNT completed the master plan and architectural design for this new high school campus to emphasize environmental learning and high building performance. Sustainable design features include: thermal chimneys, operable windows and active louvers, passive daylighting strategies, and an on-site bioswale system that meets 100% of irrigation needs. To minimize impact to on the natural topography, the campus is organized in four terraces of varying elevations with compact building footprints of two and three stories. The buildings are organized to front a central circulation spine, “The Promenade.” Student access to the various floor levels of each building originates from the central Promenade, allowing for clear and easy circulation throughout the campus. The school program has a site hierarchy with the academic classrooms at the highest level and expansive views that inspire students’ future growth and advancement. The public spaces such as the Library, Cafeteria and Gymnasium engage the Promenade as the traditional social center of the Campus.
Change Orders: 1380 RFI’s, $3,708,576 Change Order due to scope increase
Delivery Method: Lease Leaseback
Design Start: October 2007 Design Completed: March 2010 Construction Start Date: October 2010
Final Certification: May 2014 Construction Completion: August 2013 Size: 138,696 SF
“Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, Inc.’s mission statement exemplifies their passion for excellence, their pursuit of the highest quality of work, and their commitment to an open, collaborative, and interactive process with clients and community. They are easy to work with, have a collaborative and flexible approach to their work, and are practical yet creative. They are sensitive to project schedules, timelines and cost and strive to deliver top quality service.”
-John. A. Roach, Ed. D. District Superintendent (retired), Carlsbad Unified School District, Sage Creek High School
“... the entire staff was extremely dedicated and employed due diligence throughout design, contract document, and construction administration phases... Additionally they have been strong agents for the District in project progress review and scrutinizing submittals and change orders.”
- Thomas Fleming, Project Manager III, San Diego Unified School District
“RNT has run our deferred maintenance program, handling hundreds of small projects. No project is too large or small for them to take on. From the bid process through the final phases of construction, I have found RNT to be well organized, time sensitive and prepared for any contingency, as may often be the case when dealing with renovations.”
- Russell L. Thornton, Executive Director/Operations (retired), San Dieguito Union High School District
“RNT is one of the most responsive and client-oriented firms with whom I have worked in my 23 years in public school construction. I give them my unconditional endorsement for any project, large or small.”
“The RNT team has a comprehensive background in the design of public school facilities. They understand the needs of different educational programs and are flexible within the design process. Their architects are accurate, detailed, and efficient in their project documentation.”
- Karl Bradley, Program Manager, Sweetwater Union High School District
“We have found RNT to be very professional, creative, and responsive, to our architectural needs. They consistently provide a team of seasoned design professionals that are second to none. They are very adept to understanding their clients’ needs and goals, while at the same time integrating the most creative and cost effective designs in order to comply with a School District’s limited budget.”
- Kevin Mitchell, Former Director of Facilities, Planning & Design Construction, Rio School District
“Roesling Nakamura Terada stands out from the field for their cutting edge design work, their sensitivity to the environment, and their willingness to work with the client to construct a space that really works. [RNT] represents the highest standards of professionalism and commitment to quality in the industry.”
- Thomas J. Fine, Campus Project Manager, San Diego Community College District
“RNT has provided the District with excellent service. They work collaboratively with our District team to ensure that the vision, program objectives and budget are met. Our project architect, Catherine Young, understands the complexities of the permitting process. She has a positive attitude, excellent communications skills and most importantly, a strong knowledge of construction. I highly recommend RNT.”
- Terri Allison Facilities Planner Ventura Unified School District
“My personal relationship with RNT dates back to 2005... Without exception, the talent, temperament and tenacity of RNT’s staff have contributed to the success of each project, many of which have won prestigious awards.
I can say without reservation, that everyone I’ve worked with at RNT has consistently demonstrated the highest level of ethical and professional behavior. I especially appreciate their focus on making project-centric decisions, and adding value to the clients they serve. I would (and do) recommend them to other Owners without hesitation.”
- John Messick, Project Director, Sundt Construction Inc.
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