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areas, and cozy individual learning nooks. This unique and in-depth process, involving a wide array of stakeholders
informed the transformation , creating a space that supports student innovation, comfort and collaboration.
Learning Objectives
OBJ #1 Explore the iterative visioning and design process of redesigning library spaces, with diverse stakeholder groups, to support future-ready learning
OBJ #2 Hear from media specialists about the changing landscape of media centers, and the risks and rewards of re- envisioning a media center
OBJ #3 In the competitive market of international education, the marketing and communications team will tell you how their point of view shaped the design of the new media center at Shanghai American School
OBJ #4 See a case study of how Shanghai American School is creating a new media center model to support student innovation and collaboration
Schools as Community Catalyst
Rebecca Baibak, AIA, NCARB, REFP, LEED AP, Principal, Integrus Architecture / Matthew Feldmeyer, R.A., Capital Projects Manager, Renton School District / Brianne Tomlin, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Senior Associate, Integrus Architecture / Terrace / AIA CEU: 1. 0 LU
Primary Core Competencies: Educational Facility Pre-Design Planning / Secondary Core Competencies: Design of Educational Facilities
As the density in cities grows, so do the needs for civic facilities that serve the population throughout the year. Restrictive sites, needs for year round community spaces, and city’s need to create a cohesive and identifiable
urban center. This session will explore how in Renton, Washington (just outside Seattle) the new downtown Sartori Elementary School is serving as a new prototype for school campuses to support high-density development, eliminating the need for a larger project site. In addition, the vertical design creates more open space available to students and the surrounding community for recreational use. It is located in a designated Regional Growth Center, that will collaboratively serve 650 students, combining a community based elementary school with a magnet STEM program. Through a highly collaborative process the functions on the site, and within the facility step in the right direction toward achieving the city’s vision, so that the city center and downtown become “a cohesive, identifiable urban center where people live, work, learn, play and visit.”
Learning Objectives
OBJ #1 Understand how a city’s growth plan are symbiotic with development of an urban school.
OBJ #2 Explore the varying considerations, challenging the status quo, in elementary school design to better support collaborative use of spaces as the lines between a community center and elementary school blur.
OBJ #3 Explore how schools and communities can create stronger ties through experiential learning curriculum. OBJ #4 Develop critical analysis through the evaluation of a real world example where the opportunities and challenges in bringing forward innovative ideas in site design, curriculum, and shared use overlap.