Students must circulate through the courtyard and experience the outside as they walk between spaces. Pairs of classrooms have large sliding doors that allow co-teaching when open and are white boards when closed, and four classrooms are clustered around a central “Crew Room” with glass overhead doors that open to allow the classes to expand into the Crew Room, for a truly open and flexible environment. A large Commons for gathering, eating, and performances plus a Gymnasium and interior and exterior climbing walls provide ample spaces for interaction and play.

Location: Castle Rock, Colorado

Sustainability: Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for exterior walls… Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) electric heating & cooling system… roofs designed for 185kw photovoltaic array for near-net-zero-energy (PV system not yet installed)… beetle kill pine interior finishes… low-VOC finishes

Credits: civil engineer…Baseline // landscape architect…Mundus Bishop // structural engineer…KL&A // mech+elec engineer…Given & Associates // fire safety:…eritas // energy modeler…Energetics // acoustics…DL Adams // owner’s rep…Inline Management // contractor…JHL Constructors

Year Completed: 2017