Designed for a 1,200-person student body, the school also has the flexibility to accommodate up to 1,500 students. Spaces include fabrication and robotics labs, two gyms and an indoor track, an auditorium and support spaces, a café, and tunnels connecting the below-grade locker rooms to the adjacent athletics fields.
Photo credit: Tom Holdsworth.
- Photo credit: Tom Holdsworth.
Spaces in this new high school are organized vertically to minimize the building’s footprint on a suburban site that is shared with two occupied schools, athletic fields, and acreage reserved for future commercial development. This project was completed using a Design-Build project delivery method. It has a LEED Gold certification goal and is also intended to be Net Zero Energy Ready.
Image credit: Stantec Architecture.
Image credit: Stantec Architecture.
- Image credit: Stantec Architecture.
- Image credit: Stantec Architecture.
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Designed for a 1,200-person student body, the school also has the flexibility to accommodate up to 1,500 students. Spaces include fabrication and robotics labs, two gyms and an indoor track, an auditorium and support spaces, a café, and tunnels connecting the below-grade locker rooms to the adjacent athletics fields.
The school’s primary structure is a steel frame with composite floor framing supporting concrete on composite steel deck slabs and metal deck roofs. Four two-story transfer trusses span the 75-100ft open volumes containing the ground-level gyms and auditorium. These spaces are topped by three levels of classrooms supported by large story trusses. Working in close coordination with the architect, Silman designed steel braced frames that are distributed throughout the building. The primary lateral force resisting system, these frames extend from the foundation to the roof. This project was formerly known as George Mason High School.
