LEARNING BY DESIGN magazine - Marvin Baker Middle School

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Site Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Main Grand Entrance
Main Grand Entrance connected to Student Commons & Media Center
Main Circulation Hallway creates a connection while acoustically separating the Academic Wing from the Fine Arts/Athletics area (quiet vs. loud areas)
Main Circulation Hallway connecting to Student Commons & Media Center
Multipurpose Cafetorium Space
Student Commons & Media Center Multifunction Space
Student Commons & Media Center

Baker Middle School is based on an original, Next-Generation design for Corpus Christi ISD (CCISD), a diverse District serving 79% Hispanics. Designers worked with CCISD administration, faculty, and maintenance staff to create a safe, active, technology-rich, engaging 21^st century learning environment. This project was carefully planned as a new replacement middle school built on the same site as the existing Baker Middle School during the school year. The school is organized using the concept of Small Learning Communities, which help personalize instruction and create a familiar “neighborhood” for students. These more open interior and exterior learning spaces have become critical this year as CCISD has worked to make its schools safer in a Covid-19 world. The building’s key design feature remains the Student Commons and Media Center located off the main entrance. This space creates a connection while acoustically separating the Academic Wing from the Fine Arts/Athletics area (quiet vs. loud areas). It also provides outdoor learning spaces and identifies the facility’s grand entrance.

Marvin Baker Middle School

Category

Middle School

Description

Project Location:
Corpus Christi, TX

Students/Population Served
6-8

Project Type
New Construction/Addition | Middle School

Completion Date
8/1/2019

Architecture Firm
Gignac Architects + PBK
Corpus Christi, TX
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Photography By:
Eddie Seale Photography
Eddie Seale Photography
Eddie Seale Photography

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