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“ You can’t overestimate the value of space and the way that it builds community among the students in particular.” —GENEVI EVE MI FFLI N
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1. Upper School Peer Leadership meeting in the Arts Courtyard 2. Lower School art classes get inspiration from the Upper School art installation 3. Group III in the dance studio 4. Film class 5. Ceramics studio
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the top floor is equipped with flying walls (walls on tracks), allowing the space to be split into smaller studios when needed. The “Red Couch Model” was adopted from the Stanford University Design School program; the film and arts classroom is equipped with sofas on casters. “Between periods we can completely transform a workspace for our students,” says Lahey. “It takes minutes to explode the room and then rebuild it. If we know we want kids to do independent quiet work, we can set up work pods that are far away from each other, or we can bring everything in and have a circle for discussion and brainstorming, or we can stack the couches and have an auditorium
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