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| Entry number: B09023 Project Name: Detroit School of Arts Building Type: Educational Completion Date: February 2005 Building Location: Detriot, Michigan Type of Construction: Type 1B per 2000 Michigan Building Code (fireproofed and braced steel frame with composite concrete and metal deck) Building Area: 286,000 sf Design Team: Architecture Firm: Hamilton Anderson Associates Architect of Record: Hamiliton Anderson Associates Client/Owner/Developer: Detroit Public Schools Interior Designer: Hamilton Anderson Associates Landscape Architect: Hamilton Anderson Associates Structural Engineer: L & L, Inc. Electrical Engineer: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc Mechanical Engineer: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc General Contractor: Brinker-Skanska Photographer: Clayton Studios Consulting Architects/Acoustics: Kirkegaard & Associates Theater Consultant: Schuler & Shook Food Service Consultant: Stephen Bangs Associates, Inc. Facility Economics Consultant: Kirk Associates Inc. Technology Consultant: Swiderski Electronics Inc. Broadcast Telecom. Design: URS Vertical Transportation Consultant: Technical Inspections Inc. Statement of Design Approach: The School of Arts has a nationally significant curriculum, blending fine & performing arts with broadcast and digital media arts. The design team employed strategies of shared spaces and dynamic common areas to create a blended facility that celebrates the rich cross pollination that is unique to an arts education. The form and materials reflect the design team’s exploration into the aesthetic balance between the city’s industrial legacy and the progressive nature of its digital arts and music subculture. The design team approached the concept of sustainability holistically, considering not only green applications for the building and site, but to leverage the investment as a means for deepening relationship that would positively impact the surrounding community. The design team collaborated with the District and its strategic partners to develop the optimal place for learning: a place where business professionals, educators, and students come together to share knowledge and produce high quality work. Narrative: OVERVIEW The School of Arts is a six-story, 286,000sf specialty public high school in the heart of the city’s Cultural Arts District. The opening of the 1,200-student School in February, 2005 marked the completion of the Orchestra Place Master Plan, which includes mixed use commercial buildings, historic Orchestra Hall and a new Performing Arts Center. The District is also home to a substantial senior citizen community and numerous non-profit agencies committed to youth, family services and public outreach. The School, envisioned as a gathering place celebrates learning and revitalizes an important urban center by bridging education and business, as well as servicing the needs of multiple generations. VISION AND PARTNERSHIPS The School of Arts was originally founded in 1994 with a fine and performing arts mission. The new School has an expanded curriculum that is nationally unique at the high school level, incorporating media and broadcast arts including TV production studios, an on-air FM Radio station and digital media suites. This dynamic new vision for the school was fueled by the School District’s business partnerships with Public Television and Symphony Orchestra, each of whom engaged the School through curriculum development, formal instruction and mentorship. DESIGN AND COMMUNITY Recognizing the value placed on partnerships and curriculum, the design team focused on maximizing the interface between education and business, art and technology, school and community. The 800-seat Theater includes its own public plaza, box office, entry and lobby, and is sited prominently upon a significant, but socioeconomically challenged neighborhood avenue in a deliberate attempt to rejuvenate its identity and it potential to emerge as a vibrant public space. On the exterior, the School’s lively, contemporary architecture is symbolic of the energy and talent of its students, as well as the optimism of its community. The north façade, inspired by a digital music score, celebrates the importance of major gathering spaces by marking them with oversized transparent openings that showcase student activity to the surrounding neighborhood. On the interior, the School is a mixed use collection of high-tech multipurpose spaces, all linked by a platform of technology and sustainability. With collaborative exchange and efficiency as a goal, the team prioritized multipurpose design strategies: the lobby for the 200-seat recital hall serves as a gallery for the visual arts program; the multi-purpose gym doubles as a dance studio; the dining hall regularly hosts three lunch periods daily, as well as community events at night. This ‘mixed use’ approach to the building’s interiors and communal resources has made it a microcosm of the dynamic relationships that exist within the surrounding community. Sustainable Description: | ||
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| Material in ASL Library: Form Core Boards, Project Description Form, Exteriors Photos, Location Map, Site Plan, Floor Plan, and Interior Photos These images are low-resolution reproductions of the images provided for the AIA Nevada Design Awards. All materials should be considered copyrighted and may not be reproduced or used without permission. |
