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2009 Exhibition of School
Planning and Architecture
Bainbridge High School
200 Building
Bainbridge Island, Washington
High School
Project of Distinction/New Construction
Mahlum
Bainbridge High School 200 Building
Enhancing learning,
celebrating community,
honoring heritage.
Community Environment:
Intended to create a new front
door, the 200 Building provides a
rich educational environment,
fosters a sense of community
through visual transparency, invites
public use and reinforces
connections to the context.
Equally important is honoring the
heritage of this site, including
preservation of historic cherry
trees planted by a JapaneseAmerican after returning to the
island from the internment camps
of WWII.
Connecting to place.
Community Environment (cont):
The new building stands as the front
door to the campus and is sited as an
edge to a central quad that is
completed by buildings on each of the
remaining three sides. All new spaces
are visually connected to this student
oriented place which opens to a 1.4
acre woodland to the west, reinforcing
the link between buildings, students,
community and the environment.
The new building replaces one of six
buildings on a campus located at the
crest of the island. The facility is
oriented to maximize day lighting
along north and south elevations and
take advantage of views east to the
Cascade Mountains and west to the
Olympic Mountains.
Layers of connections.
Learning Environment:
Given the opportunity to replace
teaching space and enlarge shared
common areas, the client’s primary
objectives for this project were to
clarify campus entry, create a worldclass education facility that reinforces
learning and connectivity through
transparency.
The spine creates the facility’s heart,
connecting classrooms, administrative
space and the library, while allowing
daylight to flood the lower level.
Layered public spaces unfold from this
core as the building steps down a
terraced slope to the west. Anchoring
the west side of the building is the
commons, seamlessly uniting building
and landscape with shared contours
while mitigating a significant
separation between upper and lower
portions of the campus.
Transparency in learning.
Learning Environment (cont):
The existing campus follows a
departmental organization for
educational delivery. To maintain
flexibility, new classrooms are identical
and provide space to integrate two
curricular areas. New teaching spaces
connect learning opportunities to one
another by providing significant
transparency to other areas of the
building and campus. Transparent
walls from teaching spaces create
layers of connection and learning
throughout each of the building levels.
Exterior classroom walls are
completely glazed from ceiling to floor
and walls adjacent to interior
circulation spaces offer similar glazing
over half of the wall area, making
learning visible throughout all areas of
the facility.
Environmental
connections.
Physical Environment
The new building stands as a model for
sustainable design and resource
management. The entire facility is
designed to be naturally ventilated,
with air conditioning limited to
administrative office spaces. 18,000
square feet of green roofs are found in
selected areas to reduce heating and
cooling loads on the building. The
roofs are visible from the second level
as a reminder of responsible resource
management.
Ventilation systems are regulated by
CO2 sensors throughout all areas of
the building. Electric lighting operates
on daylight responsive controls to
reduce energy consumption and
operating costs. Energy usage is
expected to be 25-30% lover than the
code-required minimum.
Empowering
responsible citizens.
Physical Environment (cont):
The impact of this building is expected
to reach beyond its footprint. An
educated and informed society
empowers responsible citizens.
Leading through example, the school
has committed to engage everyone
who uses their facility with
environmentally sensitive
development.
Environmental connections to site rain
gardens, exterior learning spaces,
daylight, fresh air and other green
building features link students to
context and resource conservation,
encouraging a participation in the
cultivation of tomorrow’s sustainable
communities.
Collaborative planning.
Planning Process:
Regular, interactive planning sessions
with school staff, students, parents
and School District representatives
determined that this building should
be a significant civic structure that
welcomes the community through
emphasis on clear access and
openness to its common spaces. As a
result, the 200 building focuses on
highlighting the buildings relationship
to, and transparency from, the street.
This formed the design concept of the
building: to organize the building into
vertical strata of public and private
spaces connected by a double height
gallery that becomes a dynamic forum
for gathering, connection and
collaboration.
Design began in 2006 followed with an
18 month construction period. The
building was occupied in January 2009.
Project Goals.
Planning Process (cont):
The following goals drove the design
concept and guided the team during
all phases of the work:
:: Create an environment that fosters
collaboration and collegiality across all
populations.
:: Create a sense of belonging and
connectedness through recognition,
affirmation and relationships of mutual
respect.
:: Build an environment where all students
and staff feel safe at school, comfortable
in the knowledge that acceptance and
respect for diversity are expected and
everyone will be held accountable for
their conduct.
:: Provide opportunities for each student
to develop personal responsibility along
with a commitment to improving the
environment and the welfare of others,
in partnership with the community.
:: Create and foster a caring environment
for each student, as supported by the
School District and community.
Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture
2009 Project Data
Submitting Firm :
Project Role
Project Contact
Title
Address
City, State or Province, Country
Phone
Mahlum
Architect
David Mount
Associate Principal
71 Columbia, Floor 4
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 441-4151
Joint Partner Firm:
Project Role
Project Contact
Title
Address
City, State or Province, Country
Phone
Other Firm:
Project Role
Project Contact
Title
Address
City, State or Province, Country
Phone
Construction Firm:
Project Role
Project Contact
Title
Address
City, State or Province, Country
Phone
Leo Finnegan Construction Co., Inc.
General Contractor
Phil Kennedy, Mark Hoffman
Construction Manager
3818 South 66th Street
Tacoma, Washington 98409
(253) 472-2030
Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture
2009 Project Details
Project Name
Bainbridge High School 200 Building
City
Bainbridge Island
State
Washington
District Name
Bainbridge Island School District
Supt/President
Faith A. Chapel
Occupancy Date
January 2009
Grades Housed
9-12
Capacity (Students)
1,450
Site Size (acres)
20.04 acres
Gross Area (sq. ft.)
231,450 SF (campus) | 70,470 SF (building)
Per Occupant (pupil)
160 SF per pupil
gross/net please indicate
Gross
Design and Build?
No
If yes, Total Cost:
Includes:
If no,
Site Development:
$3,555,900
Building Construction:
$22,590,947
Fixed Equipment:
$668,580
Other:
Total:
$26,815,427