Collaboration Atrium - An Academic 'Playground' for Young Minds

Collaboration Atrium - An Academic 'Playground' for Young Minds
Front Door Gathering and Lingering Place

Front Door Gathering and Lingering Place
Completing Washington Square

Completing Washington Square
Gathering South Light and Bounding the Busy Thoroughfare

Gathering South Light and Bounding the Busy Thoroughfare
Rain Garden of Salvaged Stone from the Old Driscoll

Rain Garden of Salvaged Stone from the Old Driscoll
Welcoming Arms for Drop Off Arrivals

Welcoming Arms for Drop Off Arrivals
Protected Roof Play Terrace Ringed by PK and K Classrooms

Protected Roof Play Terrace Ringed by PK and K Classrooms
Atrium "Academic Playground"

Atrium "Academic Playground"
Outdoor Learning Portico

Outdoor Learning Portico
Cafeteria/Learning Commons Fronting Adjacent School Yard

Cafeteria/Learning Commons Fronting Adjacent School Yard
Main Stair Dynamism

Main Stair Dynamism
Multipurpose Performance Space for Both School and Community

Multipurpose Performance Space for Both School and Community
Joy of Upward Movement

Joy of Upward Movement
Inspiring Geometry for Middle School

Inspiring Geometry for Middle School
Collaborative Learning Invitations

Collaborative Learning Invitations
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Sample Description

Making a better school and a better neighborhood

The Michael Driscoll School

The Town of Brookline, Brookline, MA

The new Pre-K – 8 Michael Driscoll School project uses a radiating floor plan to exemplify the District’s educational vision by conjoining its educational sub-community wings into a central shared visible collaboration zone of Learning Commons/Cafeteria atrium. The design accommodates 800 students and nearly 150 faculty and staff. The facility includes 36 new classrooms, including a media center, a glass-enclosed Art, Maker Space and Functional Lab, collaboration and breakout areas, art and science spaces. An additional basement level below the Washington Street elevation comprises an athletics suite with a 6,000sf gymnasium and associated athletic facilities.

Recognition

2025 Global Architecture & Design Awards
Rethinking the Future Second Award

Completing the Urban Neighborhood

Completing the Urban Neighborhood

A New Urban Park Framed by the School and Embedded in its Residential Neighborhood
A New Urban Park Framed by the School and Embedded in its Residential Neighborhood
Forming An Appropriately Scaled Street Wall for Busy Washington Street
Forming An Appropriately Scaled Street Wall for Busy Washington Street
Shaping Three Outdoor Rooms - The Early Childhood Entry and Play Terrace
Shaping Three Outdoor Rooms - The Early Childhood Entry and Play Terrace
Diagram
Minimizing Corridors and Maximizing Learning Opportunity
Minimizing Corridors and Maximizing Learning Opportunity
Intriguing Breakout Destinations Inspire Student Eagerness to Learn
Intriguing Breakout Destinations Inspire Student Eagerness to Learn
Small Learning Communities (SLC's) Separated by Floor and United by Collaboration Atrium
Small Learning Communities (SLC's) Separated by Floor and United by Collaboration Atrium
Sky Lobby Gateway to Grades Seven and Eight - Celebrating Their Arrival
Sky Lobby Gateway to Grades Seven and Eight - Celebrating Their Arrival
Sweeping Stair Makes the Upward Journey Fun
Sweeping Stair Makes the Upward Journey Fun
Celestial Skylights
Celestial Skylights
Joyful, Variegated Corridorscape - Actively Occupied and Supervised by Projecting Glass-enclosed Teacher Planning Offices
Joyful, Variegated Corridorscape - Actively Occupied and Supervised by Projecting Glass - Enclosed Teacher Planning Offices
Image of corridor
Light-harvesting Typical Classroom with Outward Projecting Bay Window/Small Group Alcove
Light-harvesting Typical Classroom with Outward Projecting Bay Window/Small Group Alcove
Dual Classroom Suite with Shared Teacher Planning Office - Facilitating Both Student and Teacher Collaboration
Dual Classroom Suite with Shared Teacher Planning Office - Facilitating Both Student and Teacher Collaboration
Making Use of the Unused Corner - The Panoptic Continuous Teaching Wall
Making Use of the Unused Corner - The Panoptic Continuous Teaching Wall
The Intensively Used Flat Floor Multi-Purpose Auditorium Hosting A Variety of Events From Performances to Fairs and Exhibits
The Intensively Used Flat Floor Multi-Purpose Auditorium Hosting A Variety of Events From Performances to Fairs and Exhibits
Performing Arts Ensemble
Performing Arts Ensemble
Media Center Flexibility
Media Center Flexibility
Easily Supervised Library/Media Center
Easily Supervised Library/Media Center
Below Grade Gymnasium with Clerestory Natural Light
Below Grade Gymnasium with Clerestory Natural Light
Science Classroom Widening to Demonstration Area
Science Classroom Widening to Demonstration Area
Functional Radiating Plan and Radiating Daylight
Functional Radiating Plan and Radiating Daylight
Landmark Presence
Landmark Presence