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Site Axonometric and Section through the Bus Loop, Student Commons and Main Gymnasium
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Axonometric Diagram of the Core Learning Wing
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
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Approach to the Student Commons from the Bus Loop and the three story Core Learning Wing on the left. Just out of frame is the Music Wing. With walkways connecting its music rooms to the upper courtyard, student musicians can set up and perform for audiences seated on the tiered lawn of the amphitheater, seen here in the foreground
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Outdoor Learning Areas are located outside each pod's Shared Learning Area. Concrete walkways lead to the wetland, where gravel-paved pathways lead to clear areas for environmental science classes to gather and observe.
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The Student Commons at the heart of the school. On the left is a two-story glass wall leading to the open courtyard, biofiltration swale, wetlands, and bus loop. On the right, the secure main entrance, Reception and Administration. The Library/CLIC is seen above it on the second floor.
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The glass wall connecting the Student Commons to the courtyard beyond, whose south side is defined by the wooded wetland. The mosaic wall of composite wood panels and felt-like acoustic panels is meant to emulate dappled sunlight filtering through the tree canopy. On the left is the performance stage.
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Looking back through the Student Commons from the entrance to the Core Learning Wing. Large glass openings in the gray wall beyond allow expansive visibility into the Main Gymnasium, through which students can reach the Track and Field. With this on the north side and the Courtyard to the south, students to have access to a variety of outdoor activities during lunch time, a primary desire of educators on the design committee. The performance stage is the Commons' center piece, where students regularly perform throughout the day.
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One of six Shared Areas at the center its learning pod. Writable surface, tack board, and digital displays on every wall provide break-out options for project-based learning and collaboration. A variety of seating and work surfaces can be re-arranged throughout the day for peer-to-peer mentorship, independent study, or group discussion.
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Lara Swimmer Photography
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Lara Swimmer Photography
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Lara Swimmer Photography
PROJECT NARRARTIVE
Nestled in a suburban zone between Seattle and Tacoma, the town of Milton is central to the close-knit community of Fife, whose public school system contains just five facilities. The middle school was designed to support the school’s culture of community, collaboration and innovative teaching and learning. Designed for 650 students in grades 6, 7 and 8, the school is located on the District’s Milton campus, which shares a single access drive with two separate primary and intermediate schools. The new middle school is organized around a large, open student commons that serves as the heart of the school, connecting the three-story academic wing with administration, the gymnasiums, and the music wing. The commons also integrally connected with a two-story Collaborative Learning and Innovation Center, transforming the idea of a traditional school library into a resource that better supports the 4 C’s of 21st century learning: collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking. The academic wing is comprised of six learning communities, with each cluster grouping four inter-disciplinary general classrooms with a science, art or technology lab, arranged around a shared learning area that supports large and small group work with flexible furnishings that can be reconfigured around multiple large whiteboards and shared technology.
Surprise Lake Middle School
Category
Middle School
Description
Owner
Fife Public Schools
Milton, WA
Architecture Firm
Integrus Architecture
Seattle,Washington
www.integrusarch.com
Photography By:
Lara Swimmer Photography
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