Whitehall Yearling High School, STEM Lab

Whitehall, Ohio

Firm

Legat & Kingscott

Client

Whitehall City Schools

Area

3,515 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$510,483

Completion Date

07/2013

The STEM Lab that Legat & Kingscott designed for Whitehall City Schools’ new high school provides a mature setting for students to question, examine, and collaborate while expanding their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The principal encouraged a shift toward cross-curricula learning by establishing an instructional setting that combines science, math, and language arts principles.
A muted yellow wall accents the end of the lab, and green adjustable lab stools add color in the overall neutral interior. Retractable outlets hang from the ceiling over the 30-inch movable wooden tables to provide a fully functional and flexible setting for experiments involving power. The 36-inch fixed lab tables are designed with central sinks for easy access from seats along the perimeter.
Shelving, storage spaces, and additional countertop space line the outskirts of the lab. A window strategically placed between the corridor and lab provides students working in the extended learning area in the hallway a visual connection to work occurring in the STEM lab.