K-12 EDUCATION
Originally established in Boise as Tourtellotte and Hummel in 1896, Hummel Architects has 125 years of design experience and is a general practice firm that continues to be driven by a standard of excellence, as set up by our founders. Most notably our lineage includes the Idaho State Capitol Building and our work has since continued to dot nearly every northwestern state and Idaho community. Throughout the decades, Hummel Architects has built a reputation on the design of educational, university, government, municipal, healthcare, and corporate facilities. Our higher education experience covers all aspects of campus life. From campus master plans to state-of-the-art academic research centers, to dormitories, and classroom remodels, we work with public institutions to realize their architectural goals. As responsible leaders with a focus on the future, our functional and high-performance buildings set the example for environmentally conscientious and technologically advanced construction. With every client—every project, we strive to do great work for great people by creating designs that can improve everyday lives. 2785 North Bogus Basin Road Boise, Idaho 83702 P 208.343.7523 482 Constitution Way, Suite 111 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 P 986.200.6821 www.hummelarch.com
INDEX Idaho Fine Arts Academy Hillsdale Elementary Rock Creek Elementary Pillar Falls Elementary Koelsch Elementary | Multipurpose + Elementary Taft Elementary | Gymnasium Maple Grove Elementary | Gymnasium + Classroom Addition Thunder Ridge High School Meridian High School Rocky Mountain High School Mountain View High School | + Addition Renaissance High School Meridian High Professional Technical Center Frank Church Technology Center Twin Falls High School Canyon Ridge High School Wood River High School
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Idaho Fine Arts Academy
Client: West Ada School District Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 60,000 SF Completion Date: 2021
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Idaho Fine Arts Academy will relocate its school to a new campus adjacent to Renaissance High School within the West Ada School District, doubling its student capacity. IFAA offers middle and high school students basic core classes with a focus on dance, instrumental music, vocal music, theater, and visual arts. Within the new facility, the Thrust Theater (phase 2) will provide flexible theatrical space for large or smaller intimate performances while the Black Box will provide learning and informal performances for the students. Interior and exterior architecture reflects the mission of IFAA as it relates to light, texture, form, and rhythm as well as intimate, inviting, and flexibility with connection to natural light. With design input from the staff and administration, the design parallels the need for open space, while being functional, flexible, and contemporary.
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Hillsdale Elementary
Client: West Ada School District Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 68,000 SF Completion Date: 2016
Hillsdale is the first two-story elementary school designed for West Ada School District. This 68,000 SF school houses 650 students in grades K-5 and sits on a 6-acre site. Varying learning environments anchor the design, including wide hallways which cater to breakout spaces where students can interact and learn outside of the classroom for team-oriented projects. It’s unique qualities cater towards current teaching and learning trends for elementary level education and includes a two-story common gathering area opening into a cafeteria, gymnasium, and music performance stage space. Hillsdale Elementary School was designed in partnership with the City of Meridian, and South Meridian YMCA. All three partners are housed in one building on the same site with cross-blended programs which serve the Meridian Community.
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“This is a community connection school - the staff and I want kids to be ready for a new style of education. The students will be creative and innovative in the new building.” - Khristie Bair, Principal at Hillsdale Elementary
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Rock Creek Elementary
Client: Twin Falls School District Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Square Footage: 69,000 SF Completion Date: 2016
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Rock Creek Elementary School was among two new elementary schools built within Twin Falls School District in 2016. Within the 650-student two-story elementary school, grades are configured in pods to focus on the current teaching/educational needs as well as safety and security requirements. Rock Creek also serves the elementary level special needs program and is provided within the school for integration with other students while providing a separate pick-up and drop off zone on the exterior. Outside of the classroom pods is a new gymnasium which opens (via retractable wall) into the cafeteria space allowing flexible spaces for larger or smaller group activities. The learning stair provides for student gatherings, commons, and informal student performances while still serving as a means of egress from the second to first floor. Exterior design reflects the need for low maintenance, durable, and cost effectiveness, and sustainable materials. The interior was designed with thoughtful placement of fun and inspirational graphics which also serve as the school’s wayfinding.
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Pillar Falls Elementary
Client: Twin Falls School District Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Square Footage: 67,000 SF Completion Date: 2016
Pillar Falls Elementary School was among two new elementary schools built within Twin Falls School District in 2016. Within the 650-student two-story elementary school, grades are configured in pods to focus on the current teaching/educational needs as well as safety and security requirements. Outside of the classroom pods is a new gymnasium which opens (via retractable wall) into the cafeteria space allowing flexible spaces for larger or smaller group activities. The learning stair provides for student gatherings, commons, and informal student performances while still serving as a means of egress from the second to first floor. Exterior design reflects the need for low maintenance, durable, and cost effectiveness, and sustainable materials. The interior was designed with thoughtful placement of fun and inspirational graphics which also serve as the school’s wayfinding.
The staircase gathering area functions like auditorium seating.
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Koelsch Elementary Multi-Purpose Room + Cafeteria
Client: Boise School District Location: Boise, Idaho Square Footage: 10,200 SF Completion Date: 2020
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The addition at Koelsch Elementary includes a 5,900 SF kitchen and a 4,300 SF cafeteria to the campus.
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Taft Elementary Gymnasium
Client: Boise School District Location: Boise, Idaho Square Footage: 10,400 SF Completion Date: Phase 1- 2019
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The addition at Taft Elementary adds services and improvements ensuring a better learning environment for students and staff alike. Phase 1 is a 6,000 SF gymnasium and Phase 2 will add a 4,400 SF four classroom addition. These spaces will have the ability to provide a dedicated space for physical learning, and provide better learning environments through the elimination of the existing portable classrooms.
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Maple Grove Elementary Gymnasium + Classroom Addition
Client: Boise School District Location: Boise, Idaho Square Footage: 5,912 SF Completion Date: 2020
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Maple Grove Elementary School received this new classroom and gymnasium addition in 2020. The new addition allows for additional student capacity as well as a dedicated gymnasium, replacing the existing gymnasium located in the cafeteria. Interior and exterior materials reflect the needs of durability, low maintenance, appropriate, and cost effectiveness.
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Thunder Ridge High School
Client: Bonneville School District 93 Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho Square Footage: 258,000 SF Completion Date: 2018
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Thunder Ridge High School is the third high school for the Bonneville School District 93. The new three-story high school houses a 990-seat auditorium with a balcony, 2,800-seat gymnasium, lecture hall, media center, science labs and classrooms and state-of-the-art technology integrated classrooms. Thunder Ridge opened with student capacity of 1,500 students with capabilities to expand to 1,800. Within the school, the auditorium entrance provides a warm welcome to students, community members and guests. Interior common spaces are flexible for all types of student learning and interaction, while skylights provide ample natural lighting to those areas.
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Meridian High School
Client: West Ada School District Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 160,000 SF Completion Date: 2017
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Meridian High School is a campus-style high school with six buildings, including a gym, cafeteria, two shops, an auditorium, and a classroom building. The challenge with this project was to re-program the existing space into a new, technologically advanced, education environment that will serve West Ada School District far into the future.
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“Above the commons, at the top of the stairs, there is an open space with tables for students. In the morning, there are always groups of students at the tables finishing their homework or helping each other. It is nice to see the students working together in a comfortable space. Having a warm and inviting learning environment enables students and teachers to be more thoughtful and productive.” - Sara Daly, Senior English Teacher at Meridian High School
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Rocky Mountain High School
Client: Joint School District No.2 Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 262,000 SF Completion Date: 2008
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Rocky Mountain High School is the sixth high school within the West Ada School District. Serving a student population of 1,800, the high school is situated on a 60-acre site within a neighborhood subdivision. Site amenities include a football stadium, track, soccer, baseball, softball, and miscellaneous ballfields. Within the 83-classroom school are science laboratories, technology centers, cafeteria, gymnasium, administration, and auditorium for school and community functions. Hallway
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Mountain View High School + Addition
Client: Joint School District No.2 Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 250,000 SF Completion Date: 2003
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Mountain View High School is the fifth high school within West Ada School District. The high school houses 1,800 students (originally) and is located on a 55-acre site. Site features include a football stadium, track, soccer, baseball, softball, and miscellaneous ballfields. Within the original 77-classroom high school are science laboratories, technology centers, cafeteria, gymnasium, administration, special needs suite, and auditorium for school and community functions. In 2019, Hummel designed a general classroom, technology suite, and cafeteria addition enabling WASD to house 2,200 students.
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Renaissance High School A DA P T I V E R E U S E
Client: West Ada School District Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 292,000 SF Completion Date: 2018
Multipurpose and Conferencing
Over the past decade, Hummel Architects has transformed the former manufacturing facility into three fully-functional components of Idaho’s education system, which includes West Ada School District’s District Services Center, Renaissance High School and Idaho State University Health Science Center. With the help of the school district, a consolidated plan was created with common spaces to encourage department interactions. For Phases 2 & 3 of the project, the goal was to create a facility with flexible spaces that offered students programs in International Baccalaureate, Associates of Art School, Vocational Technology, and Culinary Arts. The final phase includes the completion of over 20,000 square-feet of empty space on the second floor and renovating over 10,000 square-feet of the fitness area and multipurpose and conferencing. Design goals included adding natural light into the former fabrication area via skylights as well as adding a second floor to maximize the usable square footage in the large volume “box”.
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The existing red iron columns and beams, new mechanical elements and even wire trays were left exposed and used as both design elements and a potential lesson in construction. The space’s grown-up feel, almost collegiate level, is in keeping with the school’s International Baccalaureate program.
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Meridian High Professional Technical Center
Client: Joint School District No.2 Location: Meridian, Idaho Square Footage: 68,000 SF Completion Date: 2007
Located on the Meridian High School campus, this facility is a state-of-the-art technical educational center for students of the West Ada School District. It replaces and combines the current facilities into one large building that is more advanced and includes technical upgrades as well as expanded programs. The program spaces housed in the new facility include Agriculture Technology, Welding, Automotive Technology, Auto Body, and Horticulture. Institutional classrooms, office space, and locker rooms complete the interior spaces. The exterior areas contain covered vehicle storage and maintenance yards.
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Frank Church Technology Center
Client: Independent School District of Boise #1 Location: Boise, Idaho Square Footage: 68,000 SF Completion Date: 2007
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Boise High School’s Frank Church Technology Building was designed to compliment the historic architecture on and around this urban campus. The new classroom building for Boise High School contains a media center, a social center and cafeteria, science and computer laboratories, and a performance-sized auxiliary gymnasium.
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Twin Falls High School
Client: Twin Falls School District Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Square Footage: 185,000 SF Completion Date: 2016
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Hummel Architects has been involved in a multi-year modernization of Twin Falls High School. In 2009, the initial work included life safety upgrades to chemistry and physics laboratories, renovation of Bruin Stadium’s bleachers systems and a new gym lobby connecting the competition and practice gymnasiums. The lobby addition also included new women’s and men’s locker rooms, concession and ticketing rooms, and trophy displays. Subsequent phases included complete remodels of biology labs and family consumer science classrooms. A new main entry was added to the school and features a convenient waiting area for students while also respecting and enhancing the existing architecture of the campus.
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Canyon Ridge High School
Client: Twin Falls School District #411 Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Square Footage: 218,000 SF Completion Date: 2009
Hummel Architects was selected by the Twin Falls School District to design a new high school for their growing community. As the second high school in Twin Falls, this facility was designed for 1200 students, with a core for 1500 students to accommodate anticipated growth. The new high school houses a media center, 2400-seat gymnasium, 350seat auditorium, classrooms, science labs, and several “magnet” programs for the entire district, which includes a business academy, pre-engineering academy, and an agriculture science academy. The new high school opened Fall 2009. In 2016, Hummel designed a classroom addition to bring the high school capacity to 1,500 students.
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Wood River High School
Client: Blaine County School District Location: Hailey, Idaho Square Footage: 182,000 SF Completion Date: 2003
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Wood River High School includes teaching and instructional spaces for 1,250 students. Set against the foothills of the Pioneer Mountains, the building houses a food court, band/music suite, media center, science labs, lecture hall, administrative and counseling suites, competitive gym and practice courts, and an innovative interior courtyard with an ice/snow melt system. Site amenities include student and visitor parking, track and football stadium, a main entry plaza, and a bus loop with a primary student entry. WRHS was designed in association with LCA Architects
2785 North Bogus Basin Road Boise, Idaho 83702 P 208.343.7523 482 Constitution Way, Suite 111 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 P 986.200.6821 www.hummelarch.com