To kick off McMullan’s “We are thankful… ” series to honor and celebrate our collaborations with amazing clients and teaming partners, near and far, we thought it best to start with the Flint Hill Peterson Middle School which officially opened for the 2020-2021 school year. Even more exciting is having this project receive a Jurors' Citation in Institutional Architecture as part of AIA Northern Virginia’s Design Awards 2021. Our structural engineering services were provided in collaboration with Bowie Gridley Architects and other design team consultants for this project.
What makes this independent middle school stand apart from the rest? Quite a lot, and the McMullan team was honored to collaborate with Bowie Gridley Architects’ team to create this dynamic learning environment for tomorrow’s leaders.
As Flint Hill states, “On the left side of the building is a two-story, light-filled multi-purpose space called The Commons. It’s where students will eat lunch, hang out with friends and hold Town Meetings (when all Middle School students, faculty and staff meet as a group). On the right side of the building, a ring of light-filled classrooms surrounds the Academic Atrium which features two spacious project areas. There are two large innovation spaces to accommodate the needs and tools of our makers, robotics and computer science courses and facilitate interdisciplinary projects. There are also science labs, a learning center, a spacious art classroom on the second floor and small group meeting spaces. A large terrace runs the entire length of the building with built-in stadium-style seating adjacent to the turf field. During the school day, it will be available as a place to have lunch or hold classes outdoors. There’s also a state-of-the-art playground to give students an outdoor space to burn off some of that adolescent energy and strengthen social connections.”
(Image Credits - © Prakash Patel)
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