Art & music classrooms framing courtyard entry axis
Forming a connection to shared play fields
Parallel wings harvesting the sun
Split level section using the hillside
Information commons at the heart of school life
Working academic courtyard with learning pavilions
Sloped amphitheater; community & sectional connections
Community container
Courtyard amphitheater colonnade
Entry oriented to the sun
Low-lying trellis form married to its semi-rural surroundings
Single-story scale for children
Light collecting gymnasium with interior baffles
Materials chosen to reflect their surroundings
The sun specialized for North light
Art & music classrooms thrust forward
Welcoming skylit canopy
Large warm-colored brick subdivided like tile
Prefabricated ironwood sunscreen trellis
Angled main entrance & administration suite
Ironwood columns for function & civic scale
Monumental sunscreen in use
Central information commons with overlook
Information commons: a new library for project-based collaboration
Welcome lobby: open & transparent
Glass mural: “nature & Field School”
Open administration
Bridge promenade
Fully programmed corridor academic space
Student music in the cultural hub
Tool for teaching & learning collaboration: the classroom suite
Breakout alcove: attached, shared or stand-alone
Student-centered indoor/outdoor breakout hall
Physical activity washed with daylight & sky views
Information lobby & cafetorium
Classroom
Gymnasium
Recognition:
- Finalist 2017 & 2015 Harleston-Parker Medal, AIA/Boston Society of Architects & City of Boston
- 2016 International Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum:
- 2015 Building of the Year: East, Runner-up, The Architect’s
- 2015 Award for Design Excellence, AIA/Boston Society of Architects
- 2015 American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Center
Client: Town of Weston
Location: Weston, MA
Size: 65,390 gsf
Construction Cost: $25M
Completion: 2014
Photography:
David Lena or Paul Warchol
Academic courtyard at the crossroads of school identity and campus connections.
The Field School
Pierced by a new north-south pedestrian walkway the new school connects two sister ‘feeder’ schools to the north with a shared amphitheater and shared playfields. The overall building orientation combined with the specialized envelope maximizes daylighting of the classrooms and minimizes unequal heating and cooling loads. A sloped site section was employed to create a walkout basement which minimizes the bulk of the gymnasium. The Field’s innovative collaborative teaching culture inspired a quality of openness - with programmed use of public spaces and the visible celebration of student learning and achievement. This is evident in the numerous ‘break-out’ or public student project spaces distributed through the building.
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