Canyon View High School

Waddell, Arizona

Agua Fria Union High School District

Agua Fria Union High School District’s team defined this vision: blurring the lines between ages and abilities to foster authentic learning and curricular exploration by expanding the definition of what a “place based” high school can be. DLR Group’s design emphasizes spatial flexibility and sustainability as primary means of fulfilling the district’s goals. The new facility offers the opportunity to strengthen relationships, foster multiple pedagogies for individualized learning opportunities, and nurtures a culture that is student-focused and faculty-guided. Classes have the flexibility to be held in spaces designed to suit the learning of the moment, and adjust when necessary. The facility became home to a first of its kind Teaching and Learning Accelerator, an open-source incubator for the art of teaching and learning. Faculty from around the district and beyond come to develop and practice modern pedagogies; visiting speakers are given opportunities to share their knowledge; and students and community can come to partner and explore not just teacher-to-student frameworks, but also student-to-student as well as student-to-teacher norms.

The project comprised a new 231,000-SF high school. Sustainable design includes adoption of a new approach called Viewing Architecture through the Lens of User Experience for Sustainability. VALUES targets a metricsbased approach to evaluating the user experience of space and sustainable design strategies. Findings from these metrics will enable data-based design decisionmaking.

Completed: August 2018

Size: 237,120 SF

Construction Cost: $75,760,401

Services: Architecture, Planning, Engineering, Interior Design

Relevant Team Members: Pamela Loeffelman, Jason Lembke

Delivery Method: CM at Risk

MacConnell Award Winner

Fremont High School New GSS and Classrooms

Sunnyvale, CA

Fremont Union High School District

The new 2-story building houses the administration office, college and career center, a resource center for the faculty, special ed offices and classrooms/ labs, (2) science labs, and (20) new classrooms. This new building will consolidate all the spaces, with easy access for both the parents from a new street presence, and the students as it is centrally located on campus with a new courtyard acting as both a gathering place for students and outdoor classes. The administrative space combines an open floor plan that allow flexibility with minimal offices for functions that require privacy. Modular furniture walls with optimized visual transparency are used to partition the space. This reinforces the connectiveness desired in a collaborative office while allowing daylight to penetrate deep into the center of the building.

Completed: May 2019

Size: 53,000 SF

Construction Cost: $30,161,967

Services: Architecture

Delivery Method: Lease/LeaseBack

Relevant Team Members: Afsha Ali (PM)

Marrysville Getchell High School Campus

Marysville, Washington

Marysville School District

Set among second-growth trees, forest wetlands, and with sweeping territorial views, the Marysville Getchell Campus comprises four schools that excite a student’s senses with innovative learning environments. DLR Group’s design of the new high school campus enables great flexibility in the administration of student-focused learning. Responding to the District’s adoption of a new, small learning community (SLC) model, the design arranges four independent SLC buildings and the shared-use Campus Commons around second growth forest. Within each SLC building, a series of interconnected learning spaces support the educational approach described by the District’s Five Guiding Principles: Relationships at the Center; Focused Learning; Identity and Purpose; Community; and Accountability. Generous glazing and intriguing outdoor learning spaces create a sense of connection to nature and community. It’s this openness and connectivity that make every space a learning space at the campus, and which encourages student growth as global citizens.

This project comprises design and construction totaling 195,000 SF on 43 acres to serve 1,600 students in grades 9-12. Scope of work includes the design of four SLC buildings and the Campus Commons. The Campus Commons unites the campus by providing shared services including fitness and P.E.; a kitchen and servery; a commons/ cafe; and support spaces.

Completed: September 2010

Size: 195,919 SF

Construction Cost: $67,200,000

Services: Architecture, Engineerinf, Programming, Interior Design

Relevant Team Members: Todd Ferking, Craig Mason

Delivery Method: CM at Risk MacConnell Award Winner

Logan High School Performing Arts Center

Union City, CA

New Haven Unified School District

For over 30 years, Aedis has played a key role in the transformation of Logan High School—from a small 1,200-student campus to a 4,200-student megahigh school.

This new performing arts center, which includes a 599-seat theater, symbolizes the culmination of all the work Aedis has done at Logan High School. Located along a major city street, it visually anchors the front of the modernized campus, expressing the school’s new identity and new-found pride.

Technically complex, the Center for the Performing Arts is a large, open-span, masonry and steel-framed structure that uses advanced techniques for acoustical engineering to provide premium sound quality. It is currently being used for both school and community use.

Completed: August 2010

Size: 47,000 SF

Construction Cost: $28,000,000

Services: Architecture

Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build

Relevant Team Members: Joe Vela (PIC)

Joplin High School Joplin, Missouri Joplin R-VIII School District

After a devastating tornado destroyed 10 Joplin schools in 2011, the District and community rallied to chart a course for uninterrupted education for their students. This effort began with the rapid design and construction of the James D. MacConnell award-winning interim high school, and continues in the creation of this new permanent facility constructed on the site of the former building. DLR Group’s design for the new comprehensive high school incorporates educational concepts to prepare students for a “Career to College” experience. The center of the school, known as “Eagle Alley,” is where this theory comes to life. The coffee shop, student store, and lease spaces offer business opportunities for entrepreneurs. Underclassmen have the ability to peer into career pathways of interest in technology, broadcasting, sciences, hospitality, culinary arts, automotive sciences, engineering, medical, and construction. Joplin High School is designed to let a student experiment with a career pathway as in-depth as desired in a flexible and collaborative environment. Technology is a seamless component of the building infrastructure and an asset to flexibility for teachers and students. The school’s landscape design provides a park-like setting for students and staff. Themed courtyards (arts, commons, science and marketplace, and legacy) encourage students and teachers to use the site with places for outdoor experiments, studying, dining, and socializing.

The 487,937 SF high school accommodates 2,500 students with the ability to expand to 3,000. In addition to the core curriculum, all Joplin High School students progress through one of five career pathways: business/information technology, human services, arts/communications health sciences, and technical sciences. Franklin Technology Center, the traditional Career and Technical Center, is integrated into the curriculum of the comprehensive high school as a career pathway delivery model for grades 9-12. The Commons is the social hub of the school and serves as the cafeteria and hospitality space for athletic activities and school functions.

Completed: September 2014

Size: 487,937 SF

Construction Cost: $112,175,982

Services: Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interior Design

Relevant Team Members: Jim French, John Clement, Kevin Greischar

Delivery Method: CM Agent MacConnell Award Winner

Westmoor High School Theater

Daly City, CA

Jefferson Union High School District

Westmoor High School underwent a three part renovation and upgrade of it’s campus. At the onset, the campus project required pre-design and programming services. Once that was complete, the well planned campus renovation was executed in three phases. Phase one included new sitework in preparation for the subsequent phases, a new Maintenance Building was added during phase two, and phase three was the most extensive. It finished out the project with a new two-story classroom building, a new 400+ seat performing arts theater and a campus Woodshop.

Completed: May 2022

Size: 48,000 SF

Construction Cost: $47,301,293

Services: Architecture

Delivery Method: Multi-Prime contract administered by the District

Relevant Team Members: Scott Burnham (CA)