This new 12,000 square foot academic building represents a watershed in the history of Waring School, a private liberal arts middle and high school in Beverly, MA. Serving as a new campus entry point for the school’s faculty and 150 students, the building houses classrooms, informal spaces for independent study and small-group sessions, and an auditorium designed around the All-School Meeting, a daily touchstone at Waring since the school’s founding in 1972.
这座占地 12,000 平方英尺的新教学楼代表了马萨诸塞州贝弗利市的一所私立文科初中和高中 Waring School 历史上的分水岭。该建筑是学校教职员工和 150 名学生的新校园入口，设有教室、独立学习和小组会议的非正式空间，以及围绕全校会议设计的礼堂，这是自 1972 年学校成立以来 Waring 的日常试金石。
Meeting the Passive House standard of energy efficiency and indoor air quality, the design also addresses longstanding site-circulation and environmental challenges on the campus. The building replaces a repurposed residential structure that was plagued by periodic flooding. Sited above the flood plain, and spanning a 12-foot vertical slope, the new building provides a fully accessible path—as well as a visual and programmatic bridge—between the school’s lower and upper campuses.
该设计符合被动房的能源效率和室内空气质量标准，还解决了园区长期存在的场地流通和环境挑战。该建筑取代了受周期性洪水困扰的重新利用的住宅结构。新建筑位于洪泛平原上方，横跨 12 英尺的垂直坡度，在学校的下校区和上校区之间提供了一条完全无障碍的路径，以及一座视觉和功能桥梁。
While modern in form and detailing, the design reflects contextual themes in its exterior materials: stucco, like that of existing campus buildings, and vertical wood boards, which blend with the wooded site. The building’s massing stacks two single-story bars, with the upper level rotated 90 degrees to create an L-shaped footprint. The All-School Meeting space occupies the “knuckle” where the two bars overlap. A large glazed opening takes in a commanding view of the lower campus, while serving also as a beacon to those entering the campus.
虽然在形式和细节上具有现代感，但该设计在其外部材料中反映了背景主题：灰泥，就像现有的校园建筑一样，以及垂直木板，与树木繁茂的场地融为一体。该建筑的体量堆叠了两个单层杆，上层旋转 90 度以形成 L 形占地面积。All-School Meeting 空间占据了两个条形重叠的“指关节”。一个大型玻璃开口可以欣赏到下校区的壮丽景色，同时也是进入校园的人的灯塔。
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