The Regi­na Domini­can High School Ren­o­va­tion pro­vides flex­i­ble space and updates the exist­ing 1954 school build­ing with new class­rooms, stu­dent spaces, col­lab­o­ra­tion areas, and labs. A new build­ing enve­lope pro­vides a new face for the school and improved ther­mal prop­er­ties for over­all ener­gy cost savings.

To build on the tra­di­tion of the school and the tech­nol­o­gy of the future, Regi­na Domini­can High School col­lab­o­rat­ed with Ross Bar­ney Archi­tects to eval­u­ate the effi­cien­cy of cur­rent pro­grams and plan­ning the future of the exist­ing build­ing and campus.

Through con­tin­u­ous research and inter­view­ing with the sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ty, fac­ul­ty, staff, stu­dents, and par­ents, Ross Bar­ney Archi­tects devel­oped appro­pri­ate solu­tions that respond to the cur­rent and pre­dict­ed needs. 

These include reor­ga­ni­za­tion and redis­tri­b­u­tion of exist­ing pro­grams, demo­li­tion, and intro­duc­tion of new addi­tions, which will togeth­er com­ple­ment the func­tion and cir­cu­la­tion of the cam­pus as a cre­ative environment.

The project anchors the school into its con­text and builds new rela­tion­ships between pro­gram and place that help ele­vate the vision and val­ues of the school.

A main focus of the project is a entry and stu­dent ​“Com­mons” that com­bines Gath­er­ing Spaces, Library, and Cafe­te­ria in one open space to pro­mote com­mu­ni­ca­tion, pro­vide flex­i­bil­i­ty, and pro­vide spaces to pro­mote col­lab­o­ra­tion and host func­tions This area aspires to be the ​“heart of the school” where stu­dents can gath­er. 
 

Client: Regi­na Domini­can High School
Pro­gram: Mas­ter Plan and Ren­o­va­tion
Size: 128,415 SF Ren­o­va­tion, Addi­tion 
Cost: $39,000,000 All Phas­es; $10,000,000 Phase 1

Role: Archi­tect

Col­lab­o­ra­tive Part­ners:
Primera Engi­neers