Sandy Run Middle School

Design team
Robin W. Breslin, AIA (Principal-in-Charge); Michael K. Ackerman, AIA (Senior Design Architect); Chloe Fritz (Interior Designer); Daniel R. Hersh, Jr., AIA, LEED AP, BD+C (Project Architect)

Anew middle school was developed on the same site as the building it replaced. The gradually sloping site is bordered to the south by the Sandy Run Creek. The academic wing runs parallel to it, and collaborative areas on each floor provide views of the creek. The school is divided into a three-story academic wing for grades six to eight and a one-story shared-use wing. These two components are separated by a courtyard that provides daylight to the north-facing classrooms and creates an open outdoor learning space. A circular planetarium anchors the western edge of the courtyard.

The splayed academic wing allows for the creation of a central node that houses the library and large collaborative areas. Science labs, special education classrooms and smaller collaboration zones are equally dispersed on all three floors. Access between the academic wing and the public/shared-use wing occurs at the middle level; a glazed cross-corridor bridge at the eastern end of the courtyard provides an additional connection.

This project achieved LEED Gold certification.

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