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Site Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Retention Pond
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Learning Stair Sketch
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The prominent floating box extends from the front façade to the central courtyard, featuring STEM program classrooms and emphasizing the focus on innovation and technology.
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A retention pond collects rain water for site irrigation and doubles as a learning space for students, featuring a walk-up area for instruction.
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Students, administrators and other stakeholders collaborated on the design of the new school in visioning sessions. Their ideas were used to inform design decisions.
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Each academic house is centered around learning stairs that are specific to each grade level. Classrooms with windows surround stairs to ensure transparency and supervision.
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Collaboration spaces around the learning stair encourage student and teacher communication. Age-appropriate collaboration is a crucial design feature.
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Solar orientation is designed to keep large glass façades away from direct light.
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The library is a shared maker space that often hosts robotics.
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The school’s modern design and layout elevates the district’s standard while promoting future growth.
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Exterior learning and community engagement are strongly emphasized through multiple courtyards.
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Community aspirations for contemporary education occurs on the interior and exterior of the building. Large corridors feature color to promote circulation and connectivity.
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The school amplifies freedom of choice through flexible environments and transparency to create successful, well-rounded learners. Flexibility and transparency allow light to enrich spaces.
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Shared spaces offer a multitude of solutions for student community growth, promoting and activating interconnection between grade levels.
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Photo Courtesy of Corgan
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Photo Courtesy of Corgan
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Photo Courtesy of Corgan
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Administrators, teachers, students and other community stakeholders were engaged in the planning process through multiple visioning sessions.
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Administrators, teachers, students and other community stakeholders participated in visioning sessions to establish guiding principles for the school's design.
The new 176,000-square-foot Rodriguez Middle School is designed for 1,000 sixth through eighth grade students and takes an innovative approach to project-based learning by amplifying freedom of choice through flexible and engaging environments. With the district’s adoption of a project-based learning curriculum, creating scalable learning opportunities through a blend of intimate and collaborative learning spaces was an early design goal. The design elevates the learning environment for the district and allows for pedagogy and curriculum changes which support growth and empower students for future success.
Each grade level is housed in a secure learning neighborhood where classrooms surround collaboration spaces and a multi-zone learning stair. These spaces are used for small group projects, lecture seating or independent study. Interior common spaces include marker walls, corridor benching and age-appropriate colors to create learning opportunities outside the classroom. Interactive spaces between academic wings promote connection across grade levels. Visual and physical connections to the outdoors extends learning beyond the walls of the school.
Rodriguez Middle School is an anchor to the developing suburb, reflecting guiding principles that were established during immersive visioning sessions. The iconic exterior combined with innovative, future-ready learning spaces represent the aspirations of the district and community.
Rodriguez Middle School
Category
Middle School
Description
Project Location:
Aubrey, TX
Architecture Firm
Corgan
Dallas, TX
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Photography By:
Photo Courtesy of Corgan
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