PROJECT NARRARTIVE
The Catalyst Center is a new magnet school for 11th & 12th graders in Davis School District. This facility offers high level specialty career and technical courses, designed along with industry partners, giving students opportunity to work on real world projects. For Phase I of the project, the district purchased an existing two-story office building (37,000 SF) which was remodeled to house 8 innovative programs for students, including: Audio/Video production, unmanned aircraft, culinary arts, (including a student operated café and catering), cyber security; game design, entrepreneurship, medical assisting; and pharmaceutical assisting.
The premise for the design was to create the most realistic simulation of the professional workplace for each discipline. For example, the design team determined that the A/V industry no longer utilizes a green screen for filming – rather, an LED screen is used to create realistic settings for production. This project includes a curved 10’ x 20’ LED array in the studio. The medical exam rooms are replicas of those designed for the local medical industry, and the retail and hospital pharmacies replicate reality.
Catalyst Center
Category
Specialized Education Facility/Voc-Ed
Description
Owner
Davis School District
Kaysville, UT
Architecture Firm
VCBO Architecture
Salt Lake City,Utah
vcbo.com
Photography By:
Reed Media
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