THE SCHOOL ALSO SERVES AS A COMMUNITY HUB WITH A CAPACITY TO PROVIDE CHILDREN AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.
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Health, resource conservation, and community connection drive the design By Lee Blanchard
The new Belmont Secondary School houses 1,200 grade 9-12 students, and serves as a community hub with a capacity to provide children and family support services as well as cross generational programs. The site constraints required innovative design to accommodate the secondary and postsecondary educational programs, community services and recreational requirements. The project is located on a brownfield redevelopment site, near an established community on Vancouver Island, with Langford Lake located to the north and Glen Lake located to the southeast. Both lakes are approximately 250 metres from the project property line. To the west, a forest covers a rocky hill and residential buildings border the site situating the school at the heart of the community.
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The sustainable design strategies important to the success of the project are: 1. moveable walls and overhead doors to adapt to needs of occupants 2. minimizing energy consumption 3. passive daylighting 4. passive ventilation