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K12 Education
Forest Hills Public Schools
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- location
- Grand Rapids
- size
- 36,500 sf
- our role
- Construction Manager
This $8 million, multi-phase renovation project included the transformation of a courtyard into a collaborative design center, renovations to 16 adjacent classrooms, renovations to a science laboratory and culinary arts learning space, and creation of a Maker Space and art room. The project was completed in 2 distinct phases, to allow school operations to remain ongoing and undisrupted.
This highly-collaborative, 21st-Century project, features several interdisciplinary components:
- Whiteboard operable partition to create flexible spaces,
- Two specific labs (chemistry and biology/physical science) to be utilized by all teachers,
- Maker Space which adjoins an art room and industrial arts space into two connected spaces, and
- Extended learning spaces to be used for small group projects or large group discussions
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- Previously an outdoor courtyard, the design center is a multi-purpose, high functioning space for learning
- The glossy, gray painted areas on the walls features a magnetic, marker board paint to be used by students and teachers
- New furniture allows for a variety of learning styles and flexibility for both faculty and students
- The design center features high ceilings, allowing large clerestory windows to stream in natural light
- Dedicated lab rooms to increase functionality
- Dedicated lab rooms to increase functionality
- The art room includes a kiln room, wheel-throwing pottery stations, counter-height tabletops, casework for story artwork, and natural light. When combined with the industrials arts room, both rooms function as a Maker Space.
