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Focus on Student Voices Highlights 10th Annual Green Schools ConferenceBy Amanda Komar

At the beginning of March, more than 600 professionals who lead, operate, build and teach in U.S. schools gathered in Portland, Ore., to celebrate sustainability in schools at the Green Schools Conference & Expo (GSCE). This year marked the tenth year of the conference and was punctuated by celebrating and recognizing the power of youth voices in driving climate action and sustainability in schools.

Inspired by Youth LeadersThe youth climate movement has

inspired action from students and young adults across the globe. From organized marches, to communication campaigns, to school climate strikes, these acts are energizing and changing the mindset of students and adults alike. GSCE worked to ensure that these student voices had a seat at the table for this year’s conference.

Our inspiring speakers gained standing ovations from the many educators and sustainability professionals in the audience. TV host and ocean explorer Danni Washington, who focuses her work on connecting with youth to inspire and motivate them to affect change, opened up the conference conveying personal stories of her experiences communicating about the natural world, but also practical tips teachers can use to engage students through the ever-changing social media landscape. To close out the conference, a panel of teenage student activists from across the U.S. discussed their experiences leading the next generation’s environmental movement, and how they hope their adult counterparts can support them in the fight for a sustainable future. The common theme from both plenary sessions was that teachers should meet students where they are in terms of social networking and technology, and empower students to take on leadership roles in advocating for a more sustainable future.

The Student Summit at GSCE, hosted in partnership with Oregon Green Schools and Clark County Green Schools, was a day-long student-only meeting. It featured panel discussions with youth leaders and environmental activists, training sessions on how to build a successful climate justice campaign, spotlight

breakout sessions dedicated to sharing, and celebrating how they are making change in their communities.

Student Scholarships for Future Sustainability Leaders

It’s an important principle for USGBC to transform schools into safer and healthier places for students to learn, and every day, it works to equip young people with the tools and best practices that will lead them to an independent and sustainable way of life. To show how wholeheartedly USGBC believes in the power of partnering with young people, in the power of storytelling, and in the power in highlighting the humanity behind our sustainable actions, USGBC president and CEO Mahesh Ramanujam announced at the Opening Plenary that Living Standard and the Center for Green Schools will offer scholarships to two students, one for $2,500 and one for $1,000. Students can submit a 60-120-second video about how they are making a positive impact in their schools and communities by leading on sustainability. In addition to receiving the scholarship money, the students’ stories will be prominently featured on Living Standard, the Center for Green Schools, and USGBC digital properties. Details are available online and students were asked to submit videos by April 12.

Best of Green Schools Awards, Green Apple Day of Service Announced

Leaders from across the country and around the world were recognized on stage for the Best of Green Schools Awards and Green Apple Day of Service during this year’s Green Schools Awards Luncheon, sponsored by Arc.

The Best of Green Schools Awards represent the best environmental efforts in schools across the country and highlight national leaders in school sustainability. They are co-presented by USGBC’s Center for Green Schools and the Green Schools National Network. This year’s honorees include:

• Ambassador Award: Reilly Loveland, New Buildings Institute & Portland Green Schools Committee (Portland, Oregon)

• Business Leader Award: Grimm + Parker Architects (Washington D.C., Maryland & Virginia)

• Michelle Curreri Collaborator

HMC Architects recently announced that Sean Rosebrugh has joined the firm’s higher education practice as principal in charge. Located in the firm’s Los Angeles office, he will serve as a leader on the firm’s strategic higher education projects and create opportunities to expand the practice’s reach beyond California. Rosebrugh has over 30 years of experience in higher education master planning, design, and construction administration spanning nearly every campus project typology. He has previously worked for Steinberg Hart, DLR Group, Ayers Saint Gross and Lucas Associates.

SmithGroup recently appointed Lana Zoet, AIA, IIDA, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, to lead the company’s newest Higher Education studio, operating out of the company’s Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., offices. In this role, Zoet will collaborate with multidisciplinary experts locally and across the firm’s Higher Education and Campus Planning groups to create sustainable, future-focused spaces for college and university clients in Wisconsin and throughout the Great Lakes Region. A registered architect with more than 12 years of experience, Zoet joined SmithGroup in 2019 and has designed and delivered classroom, science, engineering, athletics and recreation spaces at prestigious institutions.

Ashley McGraw Architects recently shared the news that Calvin Ahn RA, LEED AP BD+C has been named a principal in the firm. Ahn has led some of the most innovative, sustainable projects at Ashley McGraw Architects. He is highly skilled in group facilitation and is a LENSES (Living Environments in Natural, Social, and Economic Systems) Regenerative Development Facilitator. His extensive experience with high performing projects includes the LEED Platinum new MacArthur Elementary School in Binghamton, the LEED Platinum new Syracuse Center of Excellence in Syracuse, and the LEED Gold Le Moyne College Coyne Science Building Addition.

Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) Founder and Principal Mark Quattrocchi has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows, one of the institution’s highest honors. Only those who have made significant contributions to the profession and society, who exemplify architectural excellence and who have committed to AIA membership for over 10 years are considered for the rigorous nomination process of Fellowship. Only six architects in the AIA Redwood Empire region have been selected for Fellowship, and 3 percent of AIA members have been selected for the honor nationally.

HMC Architects recently announced that Sylvia Wallis AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHC has joined the firm’s Los Angeles PreK-12 studio. Wallis brings over 30 years of experience building community and enhancing cultural identity, including civic, mixed use, higher education, and PreK-12 projects. Located in HMC’s Los Angeles office, Wallis will be focused on ensuring the best service to the firm’s PreK-12 clients and create the optimal 21st century learning environments for their students. In particular, she will help to roll out HMC’s Climate Action Plan, finding the best synergies between our climate goals and the educational goals of its clients.

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Award: Eco-School Network (Portland, Oregon)• Higher Education Institution Award: Center for

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• K-12 School Award: Common Ground High School (New Haven, Connecticut)

• Policy Maker Award: Jay Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington (Olympia, Washington)

• School System Award: School District of Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, Florida)

• Student Leader Award: Henry Anderson, Sunset High School (Portland, Oregon)

• Transformation Award: Bruce Lindsay, Manager of Energy and Resources Conservation, Brevard Public Schools (Viera, Florida)

• Special Recognition – Moment for the Movement Award: Student-Led Climate Protests (Worldwide)

The Green Apple Day of Service Awards recognize outstanding K-12 sustainability service learning projects and leaders around the world. The winners include:

• Deep Impact Award: Net Impact ISB Living Labs | Bus Fleet Electrification (Beijing, China)

• Creative Approach Award: Garbage to Glam: Connecting the Dots (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

• Broad Engagement Award: Qatar Eco-Schools Congress (Doha, Qatar)

Every year, GSCE provides the opportunity for like-minded teachers, administrators and green building experts to reflect on the work being done around sustainability in schools, and work to make our schools healthier and safer for children. We’re so happy that so many of our colleagues in the education and sustainability field were able to join us to mark our tenth year, and our first in the Pacific Northwest.

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Today’s School Safety Requires an Integrated Approach By Lisa Kopochinski

It’s a reality that in today’s society we must be extra vigilant when it comes to school safety. Sadly, too many horrific events of assault, shootings, and vandalism have dominated the media for years, shaping the way schools— PreK to college campuses—are being designed.

With school safety at the forefront in the minds of teachers, administrators, parents and the very students that we seek to protect, security in today’s schools requires an integrated approach to design and operation.

Mark Quattrocchi, FAIA, is a partner at Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. He says some of the biggest trends being seen today include the following:

• Ensuring a single point of campus entry during the school day – and placing the school office there.

• Giving voice to teacher concerns, including decisions on classroom design for safety.

• Involving local law enforcement to provide a unique perspective.• Use of technology, including remote door locks, video cameras and afterhours

lighting.“While outside the realm of the built environment, operational policies must

also be enacted to mitigate student harassment, create a sense of ownership and community, and seek the deterrence of violence through evidence-based programs such as restorative justice,” said Quattrocchi.

Sue Tully, senior project manager at Gilbane Building Company, agreed and added that the primary focus in designing for security in schools today is geared toward “proactive prevention” measures to keep potential intruders out of the school building

or campus utilizing Crime Prevention Through Environmental (CPTE) design principles.

“Across the country, schools are being retrofitted to limit building and campus points of entry to secure vestibules,” she explained. “Fire alarm pull stations are being located away from these vestibules so unauthorized people cannot access them. Ballistic glass is being installed in the vestibules as well as on first floor windows.”

Additionally, classrooms are being designed with refuge areas (havens) where occupants can hide from potential intruders. Classroom doors are being equipped with keyless door locking systems and shades on hallway and exterior windows.

“On the exterior, fencing is being added that limits access while allowing proper egress, and landscaping and lighting are being designed to ensure that administrative personnel can maintain clear sight lines,” said Tully.

She added that security design for college campuses includes a wholistic look at the entire campus, whereas K-12 security design focuses on individual building security, allowing students to be locked down within the buildings.

Electronic Locking Door HardwareWith a move toward electronic locking door hardware with key fobs or cards,

doors can now be locked and unlocked remotely based on class schedules and operating hours.

“Access can also be granted or removed from individuals for any door at any time,” said Josh Glavin, senior project manager within the higher education practice at HMC Architects.“Usage history can also be tracked to monitor who is coming in and out of facilities and at what times. We are now seeing battery powered electronic locks being controlled over wireless networks, eliminating the need to run power and data

Quattrocchi Kwok Architects recently de-signed the new Castro Elementary School in Mountain View, Calif. This project is a good example of using building edges with small panels of ornamental iron fencing with gates to allow student access before and after school that are then locked during school hours.

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The Gilbane-Stantec team created the George Mason High School in Falls

Church, Va., with a series of barriers that were created between occupants and anyone wishing to do them harm. This design began at the front door, with a

strategically designed security vestibule, and continued into the learning zones

where automatic doors are connected to the building security system.

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to doors.”Glavin added that the biggest issue recently has

been the need to design for a single shooter lock-down scenario.

“California [for instance] passed AB 3205 in 2018 allowing classrooms to be locked from the inside. Prior to this, interior locks were not allowed by code as they potentially prevented egress in an emergency.”

New and Renovated SchoolsDesigning for school security in both new and

renovated facilities involves a multitude of issues that must include windows, office location and campus edges.

“In both types of projects, we hear a desire to ‘remove windows’ for fear of an active shooter,” added Quattrocchi. “However, the more likely scenario may well be bullying and assault inside a classroom or student gathering area, where providing windows can mitigate their likelihood. Balanced classroom safety must permit supervision, while providing quick closing window blinds in the event of a lockdown.”

When it comes to office location, older schools often locate the office in the campus center, away from supervising entrances.

“In a renovation project, one of the best security improvements is to build a new administration area, or repurpose another space, to create an office that supervises and controls campus visitors,” explained Quattrocchi. “Schools require methods to limit public access to campus and focus traffic to a single point of entry. This can be difficult to create in renovation projects. The use of building edges and fences with locking gates can control campus entry, particularly when coupled with locating the office at this entry point. There is no perfect solution to school safety and security. However, a balanced approach can greatly assuage concerns of teachers, administrators and parents.”

Security in the Last DecadeOver the past 10 years, the focus for designing for

security has shifted from addressing the movement of intruders once on campus, or inside of buildings, to keeping intruders out of the campus or buildings and protecting or limiting access to students and staff inside of the building.

“We are seeing higher focus on building security and access control (staff card readers) in general, which extends to site cameras (parking areas/fields) that allow tracking of individuals/vehicles at any hour,” said Tully. “The sophistication of these systems and integration with secure entry with no direct human contact prior to screening visitors, a hardened reception (holding) area post visitor screening, with protocols for escorting visitors within the building and direct audio/video link to first responders all inform the design. How and where first responders approach the building and how the building is evacuated with exterior areas of refuge are also considered and vetted early in the design process.”

Quattrocchi added that the biggest changes in design are in response to fears of active shooters, public access, and student assault during and after school hours. For instance:

• Active Shooter impacts include involving law enforcement, identifying shelter-in-place zones within classrooms, multiple classroom exits for undetected escape, lockdown video and audio supervision for law enforcement, use of inside operating “classroom locks,” quick closing window blinds and remote locks to gates and building entrances.

• Public Access focuses visitors to the office during the school day, while maintaining office supervision and

access to the campus core, which can be difficult for existing schools. A good office design requires visitors to enter the lobby before being allowed access onto campus.

• Student Assault can be mitigated through abundant supervision, including windows facing student gathering areas, eliminating building recesses and providing outdoor lighting. The presence of video cameras may reduce student assault and bullying.

“Violence has changed school design. Additionally, having uniformed law enforcement on campus is now more common, particularly in secondary schools,” he said.

What’s Next? As for what the next 10 years holds when it comes

to security design, Glavin said more data collection is needed when it comes to who is using doors and when.

“Data storage seems to be the bigger issue at this point, as multiple hours of camera footage create large files that take massive amounts of storage space. Typically, campus security wants to archive this material for many months, but it’s typically not feasible to do because of storage limitations.”

Visibility—in particular—is also something that clients are wanting in their buildings.

“Tight meandering corridors are being shunned in favor of more open floor plan layouts that allow staff to have a view of all that is happening within a space,” he said.

Tully said lessons learned in the past several years from campus violence have refocused design by preventing the crimes from occurring (ensuring intruders are kept out) rather than designing to block intruders inside the building.

Current design features to accomplish this include:• Door handles and push bars are specified flush

with the door to prevent them from being tied together to delay law enforcement or prevent emergency egress.

• Single point of entry is designed to monitor who enters the school and when.

• Visitor entrance: secure vestibule with protective

glass, security camera, intercom and doors that can be locked remotely.

• Hallway doors should be placed in key locations that can be locked remotely.

• Exterior doors should be locked/alarmed at all times.

• Access control: photo ID badges and swipe card access control for all doors.

Security cameras: exterior doors and other key locations throughout the facility. These should be well placed, provide high resolution images, and be actively monitored. Cameras should also be located around the exterior of the building as well to monitor those spaces.

“BIM coordination and virtual design and construction tools are being utilized to add a high level of detail to the models to proactively plan for construction,” Tully elaborated. “Critical elements include IT infrastructure and security features like bullet proof glass and security cameras in a main entry. Essentially, there must be a balance. Utilizing CPTE design can help with this. The theory is based on four principles: natural access control, natural surveillance, territoriality, and maintenance. These principles help by incorporating security features into the natural design of a school.”

Quattrocchi added that with the aging inventory of schools, renovation is outpacing new campuses. This will bring a greater requirement to retrofit older schools that were built in a time of open campus design that provided, and even encouraged, unimpeded public access.

“The future requires thoughtful design solutions to security needs of renovated schools that also preserve their charm and community connection,” remarked the seasoned architect. “While there will be an increase in campus security, these will undoubtedly be balanced with a continued desire for designs that create a sense of welcoming. Fortunately, I don’t see a ‘hardening’ of schools as one would prisons. Our school districts see themselves as integral members of community and will likely always want their schools to reflect that message.” n

HMC Architects was heavily involved with the security design of Glendale Community College New Science Building in Glendale, Calif. for both door hardware and security cameras. The project will include electronic locking hardware throughout, with most of the doors being controlled wirelessly by a central database.

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Educational Design Predictions for Late 2020 and BeyondBy Danielle Lewis

As part of an ever-changing world, educational design has been shaped by new movements and new technologies. As designers of the learning environment, we are tasked with studying and understanding the latest approaches and the pedagogy that drives them. Research through observation, empirical studies, and industry events inform us in our design of spaces built for learning. Last November, members of LaBella Associates’ design team traveled to Milwaukee, Wis., for the annual EdSpaces Conference – largely considered the leading event on educational design, pedagogy and classroom furniture trends. Highlighted below are some of the concepts that stuck with our team, as well as thoughts on their impact in a post COVID-19 world.

Biophilic DesignDesign of learning spaces has started to lean into

biophilic design – a concept which emphasizes the human tendency and desire to interact with nature. This idea has been pivotal in the healthcare design field, with numerous empirical research studies citing the inclusion of biophilic features as a catalyst for increased patient health and happiness. On a basic level, New York State Education Department standards have referenced this understanding, requiring that student classroom spaces have views to the outside and natural light.

Specific strategies for incorporating natural elements include using natural shades of blue and green, as well as textures that evoke the outdoors (such as wood grains or patterns that mimic plants and natural

landscapes). Digitally printed graphics, acoustic sound panels, and upholsteries featuring images of nature can be included for a more literal approach.

Moving ForwardWith the closure of schools, students are adjusting to

learning outside a traditional classroom. Districts may choose to optimize both interior and exterior spaces for instruction, allowing for periodic decompression outdoors. The added benefit for outdoor facilities is expansiveness for social distancing.

Wellness and happiness will grow in importance as metrics for success of learning environments. Programs like the WELL Building Initiative will start to be implemented in school design in addition to familiar sustainable and biophilic concepts.

Safety and SecurityArchitects and Designers need to consider a multitude

of factors when designing effective educational spaces. However, student safety and security is a top priority. After all, students who do not feel safe will not feel ready to learn. This will continue to be a significant consideration as schools return to full functionality. Collaboration between designers, school administrators, and staff is crucial to a successful emergency-preparedness and access control plan. Secure vestibules that prohibit immediate access to the school building as well as administrative areas have been put in place in many schools as well as laminated or hardened glass at key entry points. However, education on the procedures relating to these solutions is often lacking. This education, perhaps even more than the

design itself, can be the difference between security and weakness in a building’s access. If COVID has taught us one thing, it’s that preparation for the unexpected is crucial.

Moving ForwardSchools will continue to balance safety and security

with openness and aesthetics, with furniture solutions playing a role as tools to create safe zones within the learning environment. As students return to the school environment, a sense of place and community will be even more crucial to student comfort and success. Health, wellness, and safety will all be considered in each step of project planning.

Infection control concepts from healthcare will enter school design and last beyond the current pandemic. Expect to see a proliferation of handwashing sinks outside of restrooms. Finishes will need to be tested for durability against strong disinfectants. Simple security measures like physical barriers will serve dual purpose in creating screens and segmentation between groups.

MakerspacesAs the skills that students need to succeed after

graduation have shifted, makerspaces and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) programs have become immensely popular. Gone are the industrial era-ways of thinking; mass-produced students who have been taught to memorize and repeat are no longer competitive in today’s workforce. Students are instead expected to succeed in not only having knowledge but also know how to apply that knowledge.

This concept fully embraces the move to project-based learning that is engrained in Makerspaces. The design of these spaces incorporates a balance of technology and power integration, analog tools, writeable surfaces and flexible storage that allows

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for multiple avenues for tinkering and discovery. A Makerspace is an art studio, a robotics lab, a wood shop, a culinary studio, and more. It is a space that allows for an intersection of the scientific method and design thinking – processes that highlight posing a question and a possible solution, researching, experimenting or prototyping, testing, and repeating when necessary. It can also simply be a place for learning to be approached in the spirit of play. It is a space that is adaptable, open, and technology-capable.

Moving ForwardWith the sudden and swift move from learning

at school facilities to learning at home, many parents and guardians have found themselves utilizing arts and crafts or hands-on activities to encourage their children to explore topics using self-direction and play. This paired with the forward momentum of STEAM curricula will drive Makerspace concepts to be pushed further within existing classroom spaces, rather than in separated, dedicated spaces. Accommodating the space needs of this sort of pedagogy will have impacts on project planning.

Student & Community InvolvementSome may be familiar with the phrase, “Nothing

about us, without us, is for us.” This idea summarizes the principle that nothing should be decided for a group without the participation of the group itself. Many

education and design thought-leaders embrace this idea, finding that more effective and enjoyable designs are often achieved by involving the entire school community at various stages of development. Whether setting priorities in Campus Master Planning or providing detailed feedback on pilot classroom programs (like LaBella’s recently completed Hilton Central School District Classroom of the Future initiative in Hilton, NY), community input in facility planning results in better outcomes. Community buy-in comes from a transparent, collaborative approach during design.

For classroom furniture overhauls, involving students and teachers early on allows for a more successful end result with less cultureshock upon installation and implementation. Observation of current classroom usage paired with instructional input from staff gives the design team a unique insight into the needs and goals for learning spaces. Engaging early on in the design can help tailor furniture solutions that enhance curriculum rather than inhibit it and save time and expensive iterations in the process. Additionally, having students and staff test potential pieces allows for the district to have a direct voice in what does and does not work for their learning environments. The process itself builds excitement through hands-on, experiential learning.

Moving ForwardWith the current removal from the physical

educational environment, there has been an emphasis

on the importance of—and longing for—the physical classroom. E-learning and one-to-one measures have helped to bridge the gap from home, but the sense of community and direct interaction with students is noticeably diluted in an online environment. Students have had to suddenly become more self-sufficient in their education, and they will have new perspective and benefit from a voice in the process.

Upon return to the classroom, student involvement in design and learning innovation needs to become commonplace. The benefits and challenges of the physical learning environment will be highlighted after months of being apart from it, and who better understands this than learners and educators?

Of course, with so much COVID-related uncertainty, it’s difficult for anyone to make predictions for what the future holds. Still, we’re excited about these trends as they represent an opportunity to give students an educational environment that is stronger and more resilient than has ever been seen before. If there’s one thing we have confidence in, it is the resilience of our educators and their students.

Danielle Lewis, CID, IIDA has six years of experience and is a New York State Certified Interior Designer at LaBella Associates, D.P.C. with a passion for creating future-ready learning spaces that perform and inspire.

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New Health Detection Scanner Aims to Reduce Spread of Illness By CN Staff

Soter Technologies is best known as the inventors of the world’s first K-12 school vape detection sensor and alert system, FlySense. More recently, its team of engineers and medical advisors have been working to create, design and build technology to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and other illnesses.

Soter Technologies announced in late April that the SymptomSense Medical Evaluation Gateway, a non-invasive walk-through electronic full-body symptom scanner for providing detection of symptoms of known illness in less than 10 seconds is now moving into the production phase.

SymptomSense is a revolutionary electronic walk-through full-body health scanner that looks similar to metal detectors used at security checkpoints of airports, sporting events and government buildings.

Similar to the rapid evaluation that an individual would receive at a hospital emergency room SymptomSense gathers critical vitals including blood oxygen level, which is more important than body temperature, when assessing if an individual is ill.

SymptomSense uses an array of sensors to provide a rapid, non-invasive, hands-free approach for gaining important real-time vital signs, including detecting: blood oxygen levels, external body temperature within 0.2 degrees of accuracy (Celsius), elevated heart rate, respiration rate, shortness of breath, lung congestion, height, weight and, in the future, non-contact blood pressure. Within seconds the SymptomSense device provides health status with clear messaging and indicators for screening staff, and, in the future, data mapping of alerts to an electronic system-of-records that can be shared with authorities as may be required per local laws and ordinances.

“To get the economy going, open schools and allow for people to safely work and gather we need to use sensor technology and continue to follow recommended safety protocols,” said Derek Peterson, CEO of Soter Technologies. “At Soter we identified months ago, with our medical advisors, that it is critical to check body temperature. However, to get a better idea if an individual is ill, we also determined that we would need to know blood oxygen level, check

heart and respiration rates and identify if there is lung congestion. Our technology combines all this data to make a more effective identification of potential illness.”

The development and beta testing of prototypes started in late 2019 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Fortune 100 companies, major league professional sports teams, entertainment parks, Broadway theater management companies, real estate development and management companies, U.S. federal government departments and governments around the globe have all expressed interest and are reviewing SymptomSense for potential use.

SymptomSense™ allows on-site security personnel to rapidly screen and use the Soter’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to identify individuals with known symptoms prior to entry into hospitals, schools, airports, train stations, government buildings, military

bases, stadiums, malls, and other such facilities that must remain open. Soter has accepted orders from clients in the United States, Europe and countries around the world with delivery of the first units set for June 2020. The company formed an Advisory Board of doctors, scientists and engineers that continues to work with the medical and research community to enhance the systems’ technology and capabilities. For example, SymptomSense™ now includes a module for weapons detection to provide property managers with an all-in-one access reassurance solution.

“The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus and the serious threat it poses to lives requires us to act now,” said Cardiologist, Mordecai N. Klein, MD, FACC. “Based on my discussions with the engineers at Soter Technologies and other medical advisors involved with development, I believe that the SymptomSense™ device is an effective screening and critical information sharing tool which could reduce the

spread of COVID-19 disease and future biological threats.”

SymptomSense™ can scan approximately 1,500 people per hour and is capable of processing over 10,000 people over an 8-hour period, with zero downtime. For airline and other transportation systems, an optional built-in facial recognition technology is available for data-mapping to government registry. In doing so, SymptomSense™ platform enables building / site security personnel to track the movement of potential carriers of a virus, while protecting their privacy. This data capture and mapping capability is critical for understanding the current and predictive patterns, and trending for the spread of disease, and then help trace back to most-current disease geo-location clustering and origin. As needed, the platform can be linked to mobile phone “contact tracing” data, local weather data, and demographic data as may be required by government agencies.

The company is now accepting United States and international orders for SymptomSense™ Scanners. This health and safety technology platform can be deployed rapidly and is easy to use.

For information about SymptomSense™ go to https://www.symptomsense.com/. For more information about Soter Technologies, visit www.sotertechnologies.com.

Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based Soter Technologies is committed to protecting the health and well-being of students and the public with advanced technology and creative solutions.


Photo Credit (all): Soter Technologies

A display panel reports evaluation results on such key data as blood oxygen levels and external body temperature.

The high-tech walk-through scanner can provide symptom detection within 10 seconds.


trendspotting

New Higher-Ed Research Reveals What Students Really WantBy Nathalie Weiss and Kat Smith

Architects and planners today are designing academic campuses for the most connected, collaborative generation that we’ve ever encountered. To better understand the rising generation’s learning styles and interest in wellbeing, HLW brought together an interdisciplinary team of strategists and designers to ask current students: How are you learning today, and what spaces do you think will best accommodate your ability to learn in the future?

The team’s recently completed study, Students Talk: Spaces for Learning Research Report, sourced survey responses from a diverse range of students in the higher education space to identify how current students are learning and how their campus can best suit these needs. The report

summarizes the role design plays in how students congregate and study, identifying three primary themes of today’s academics and providing key insights for educators and facilities managers. HLW’s goal is to draw on both design experience and research to inform the way that they guide clients, while reshaping how they approach the educational experience.

Research MethodologyThe survey collected 611 responses

from students at 433 schools across 35 states––representing a mix of private non-profit (31%), private for-profit (4%), and public (65%) institutions. The questions asked were both written and visual images of learning spaces, paired with questions about how students would use them. Images were selected to represent archetypal settings found

in a range of academic institutions. While intended to demonstrate a

diversity of spaces, the images all shared several common characteristics. They all were professionally photographed, capture people using the settings, and represent a diverse cross section of gender and ethnic diversity.

ResultsOverall, if graded for student

satisfaction, many current space typologies flunked. This result was not a surprise. The way students are learning is adapting rapidly––at a pace that exceeds the typical campus planning and design cycle. Fortunately, our findings reveal that students are aligned on clear themes and actionable solutions that can be applied both to existing space and new construction that would allow their spaces to evolve in a way that

Multi-purpose areas serving more than one use are popular with today’s students.

Photo Credit: Kim

Rogers

supports the student population. The study found that these themes

and the resultant architectural solutions align with trends HLW has included in workplace designs for years. One such example is the integration of mobile technological solutions into spaces. Take the addition of outlets to a cafe. This low-effort architectural move transforms the environment from one for a singular use during a prescribed time of day – eating during mealtime – to one that can be activated throughout the day. Thanks to innovations, such as mobile technological solutions, formal learning is increasingly able to occur in informal settings. Campus architecture needs to adapt to support these new learning needs.

Through the analysis of these results, the team identified three key themes that students believe will enhance their spaces for learning:

Balance of Space Types Respondents reacted positively to

spaces that have multifaceted usage because that allowed them to feel like they were part of a larger network of peers, even when doing work alone. These spatial types range from fully enclosed space for individual and group work to booths and semi-private seating to open seating.

Specifically, students were drawn to a concept we call alone-together. When studying, students want to be able to have a dedicated space, but did not want this to happen in isolation (for example in a carrel at the library). Instead, they liked single-user areas like a dedicated table and chair or enclosed study room with transparent walls and sight lines to a more social environment. Like working at a coffee shop, this builds a sense of camaraderie – or togetherness – among people who are studying.

Functional Furniture & ToolsSpecialized educational environments,

like maker spaces, did not resonate as strongly with respondents as less specialized, multi-use spaces did. This could be that these spaces are not used by all students, so certain respondents did not consider them relevant to how they learn. That said, students did prefer spaces with clear and relevant functionality to ones whose design they found aesthetically pleasing. Students pointed out, for example, when there was a white board but no markers or a mounted monitor but no cord to connect. In short, they were evaluating the usability of the space first.

This was true for furniture selection as well. Respondents were drawn to large work surfaces and movable furniture options that could accommodate teaming and group work. Something as simple as a table with a large enough work surface to hold a

See Trendspotting, page 15 Æ

The process of designing and building

responsive architecture on university and

college campuses is a complicated one.


LIVE & LEARN

University of Illinois-Chicago Unveils the ARC By Zach chouteau

Top: The Sky Lounge provides compelling gathering space—and impressive vistas—from the ARC’s 10th floor.

Below: Ample natural light and eye-catching design high-light an academic entry lobby.

Photo Credit: © Dave Burk Photography

Photo Credit: Steve Hall © Hall+Merrick Photographers


facility of the month

Top: A ‘turn-to-team’ lecture hall spurs collaboration between students.

Below: An exterior view reveals the ARC’s complementary fit within the Chicago skyline.



THE college years are truly all about living and learning, and a breakthrough new venue at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) will now let students do both in style.

Designed by Chicago-based architecture firm SCB, the campus’ brand-new Academic and Residential Complex (ARC) includes a 54,000-square-foot, two-story academic building as well as a 146,000-square-foot, 10-story residence hall with 548 beds.

The residence hall offers plenty of extras for students. There are study and social lounges on each floor, plus a fitness center, laundry rooms and even a ground-floor Starbucks. The top floor hosts the Sky Lounge, boasting venerable vistas of the Windy City and ideal for thoughtful study or occasional student events.

As for the academic aspects of the facility, flexibility and collaboration are the name of the game there. Three spacious classrooms highlighted by tiers and broad windows are laid out in a ‘turn-to-team’ configuration ideal for teamwork and are supported by a pair of 72-seat ‘active learning’ classrooms and two 32-seat ‘flexible learning’ classrooms.

The new complex is conveniently located steps from the UIC-Halsted Blue Line CTA stop at Harrison and Morgan streets. While the building is near a trio of highways, it is designed to be soundproof. The ARC broke ground in January 2018 and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on July 18, 2019.

The $100 million undertaking was part of a public-private team-up with

Design Insights

A Q&A with SBC’s Jim Curtin AIA, Design Principal for the ARC Project

What do you think was the greatest design challenge with the UIC Academic & Residential project and how did you approach it?

The greatest design challenge with the ARC came early on in the project. Originally, the ARC was planned for a site on a completely different location of the campus. The original site was severely constricted, located immediately adjacent to the Chicago Landmark Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, which resides on the UIC campus. As a result, the restrictions on the site made it extremely challenging to accommodate the program size and types of spaces needed for the project. The project team had completed all site due diligence and we were in the beginning of the schematic design phase when it was decided that a different site would lend itself better to the success of the development.

The site change necessitated expediting what was a normal project schedule to recover the approximate four months lost to starting over on a new site, while maintaining the same Fall 2019 delivery date. The project team regrouped with a new schedule, salvaged as much as possible from the original design approach and drawings, and implemented several usually sequential tasks concurrently. In the end, the new site really made all the difference and ultimately led to a better project for the students and University.

Did this project fit any recent trends you’ve seen in terms of what today’s college students want in such a hub?

As universities look to combine physical and capital resources, we see mixed-use buildings like the ARC popping up more and more on campuses across the country. And while this approach provides value to the university in terms of the economics, there is also a tremendous value to the student experience. In the case of the ARC, by merging a residence hall and classroom building into one facility, we have created a truly unique living/learning community and experience for UIC students. One of the key design considerations for the project was figuring out how we could create open and accessible academic spaces while providing security and a sense of privacy for the residents. We essentially divided the ground floor into two zones, a residential lobby and a large “learning oasis,” each with their own entrance. The two are connected through a transparent hall with a flexible “think-tank” space, giving residents a space to transition between study and home, but maintaining the connection between living and learning.

In terms of aesthetics, what do you think is the most unique aspect of the building’s design?

UIC’s distinct campus is the product of architect Walter Netsch, who not only designed the master plan but also several of the campus’ most iconic buildings. With our design for the building, we wanted to honor UIC’s architecturally significant past, yet respectfully depart from its brutalist campus vocabulary. Our design uses the concrete materiality and geometric forms of Netsch’s “field theory” in the building’s bold façade, but we introduced significant glass on the ground floor and throughout the academic spaces; which is a stark contrast to the existing learning spaces on campus. We felt that a transparent and active ground floor would infuse this part of the campus with a sense of energy by exposing the activities within the building.


facility of the month

project dataFacility Name: The Academic and Residential Complex at the University of Illinois at ChicagoType: Mixed-use Residential/AcademicsLocation: ChicagoConstruction Budget: $79MStart Date: Design start 6/2/2017, Construction Start 12/22/2017Completion Date: 8/1/2019Area: 201,000 GSFOwner/Operator: American Campus Communities/University of Illinois at ChicagoArchitect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB)Landscape Architect: site design groupInterior Designer: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) and Sixthriver ArchitectsGeneral Contractor: Pepper ConstructionStructural Engineer: Thornton TomasettiMEP Engineer: Elara EngineersCivil Engineer: Terra Engineering

product dataFlooring: Nora/ MillikenCommunication Technology Consultant: Threshold (AV Engineer)Additional Products (provided by SCB)Furniture Manufacturers: Herman Miller/ BOLD/ HightowerFurniture Dealer: Interior Investments

American Campus Communities, an Austin, Texas-based company that is a major developer, owner and manager of student housing communities. The facility was funded mainly via a tax-exempt bond issuance with Collegiate Housing Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 organization serving as the borrower and owner of the project.

Constructed on the four-acre site of a former parking lot, the venue is designed for LEED Gold, with a green roof and other design additions to leverage sustainability. The building is the 10th residential hall on the UIC campus and the first new build since 2007; the most recent academic building built on the east side of campus debuted in 1991.

Distinctive from UIC’s other residence halls, the new venue is the sole one where courses are also being presented. The venue is also home to several small group study rooms, a tutoring center, computer stations and collaboration spaces throughout the complex. Another thoughtful element of the ARC

is that students are part of Living-Learning Communities where they are placed on floors with other students who pursuing similar academic subjects—such as humanities, criminal justice and the sciences. Resident assistants as well as ‘peer mentors’ also will be assigned to each floor to support students, many of whom are incoming freshmen.

The complex is a crucial part of the school’s master plan to nurture the physical growth of UIC. The plan is in the final stage of development and addresses the university’s capital infrastructure needs as total enrollment—including graduate and professional students—continues to grow, recently exceeding 31,600 students for the first time in UIC’s history. n

Left: A student meeting hub offers areas for small team meetups and quiet study.

Below: A snazzy stairway shows off the venue’s modern aesthetic.



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Ashley McGraw Architects Unveils New Design StudioSYRACUSE, N.Y.— Ashley McGraw

Architects in early May launched Vaysen Studio, a creative studio that focuses on design strategy and interior design. Vaysen Studio offers a fully integrated team of certified interior designers and design strategists with extensive experience in transforming interior spaces for a wide range of project types including K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and community/civic buildings.

Vaysen Studio is led by Principal Susanne Angarano (pictured).

“This refined focus builds upon our expertise and passions for transforming environments and the human experience,” Angarano remarked. “Creating harmony between people and the places they inhabit, Vaysen Studio is deeply rooted in optimizing how these elements enrich each other, guiding our clients and the systems they are a part of to realize their greatest potential.”

Angarano’s work on higher education projects and holistic sustainable design has earned her national recognition from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) with the 2019 Ones to Watch Award

and the 2019 Design Impacts Lives honorable mention for Binghamton City School District’s new MacArthur Elementary School.

Ashley McGraw will continue to offer interior design and design strategy services within the firm. The arrangement aims to provide maximum flexibility and customer service in serving their clients.

“Vaysen Studio stems from the needs of Ashley McGraw Architects’ clientele who were seeking something beyond traditional interior design services. We have recognized the importance of sophisticated stakeholder engagement methods and measurable outcomes for design strategy and interior design,” said Matthew Broderick, president of Ashley McGraw. “The creation of Vaysen Studio will not only support and strengthen Ashley McGraw Architects but will also increase our geographic and market reach while expanding our project portfolio.”

Ashley McGraw Architects, based in Syracuse, was founded in 1981 and is known for its award-winning portfolio of K-12 schools, higher education buildings and community/civic structures.

laptop and textbook side by side at the right height for the chair it was paired with received extremely positive feedback across the board.

Focus on WellnessElements like plants and natural light create a

more welcoming and healthier environment. These components go a long way to create an environment

that supports students’ study habits in higher education settings. This theme is one that most aligns with trends seen in the workplace over the last decade, where sustainability and wellness have become a cross-industry priority. Features of this theme include dedicated quiet rooms with acoustic privacy, natural materials, natural light, plants, and views.

This study showed that while students want more out of their education environments, their requests are by no means impossible. Instead, most suggestions can be implemented at a low cost and applied across

scales. For long term campus projects, consider how to tie these requests into strategies for future-proofing so that ultimately, students can make the finished space their own.

This lesson is one we’re applying in our current work. HLW is currently designing a new student center at Fordham University in New York. The student center is the literal and figurative heart of the campus and will integrate many of the principles outlined in this research study. Throughout the programming process, we identified the need for students to be able to make this space their own. The center reflects the university’s focus on wellness, which will be reflected in major features like a new fitness center and food spaces as well in more subtle elements such as indoor greenery, skylights, other natural light access points, and a range of furniture options throughout the social and study spaces.

The process of designing and building responsive architecture on university and college campuses is a complicated one. By asking the end users what they want prioritized, the outcome is sure to be one that supports how students are learning in order to create spaces that receive outstanding grades in the future.

Nathalie Weiss is a Design Strategist and Associate at HLW in New York City, where she concentrates in higher education and workplace research and strategy.

Kat Smith is a Design Strategist at HLW in New York City. Her work is primarily focused on research and change management within workplace and higher education.

Trendspotting, from page 11

Today’s students, such as those at the Chicago School in Los Angeles, want spaces that offer both privacy and togetherness.



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safety trends

School Resilience is Crucial to Modern Student SafetyBy Laura Sachtleben and Kaitlyn Gillis

In recent years, the term “school safety” has become most widely associated with the response to the threat of physical and emotional violence within the buildings and campuses that serve the students and staff of our communities. While the increased focus on school safety that addresses violence is certainly important, we must realize that there are many other threats to safety within these environments.

From natural disasters to pandemics, nearly all the challenges that our local communities face move in and out of the doors of our schools each day. This evolution is driving our schools to take a more holistic view of safety --including both physical and social resilience.

What is Resilience? The commonly used definition of resilience is the

ability to recover from a short-term shock or a long-term stress. Traditionally in design, a focus on natural disasters has taken precedence, notably in relation to geographic specific climate change risks. Even with natural disasters, the primary focus of design responses has been recovery from a shock or an acute situation such as a hurricane. This focus has been extremely important and benefits not only the physical safety but also the mental safety of people who may

experience significant psychological stress during and after these events. As we will review, resilience goes beyond a response to climatic events and in design, can be considered in two interconnected ways: physical resilience and social resilience.

Physical ResilienceWhen addressing safety in education facilities, the

most common initiatives or modifications employed by schools are related to the physical resilience of our schools. Physical resilience refers to the ability of a building (and its infrastructure) to adapt to challenges, while maintaining viability and recovering quickly and efficiently. This resiliency includes everything from the physical construction of the facility and the systems that keep it functioning, to the design strategies that create spaces that support operational resilience strategies.

Each of these physical components are a response to some type of threat or stress.

For instance, a school in a flood- and hurricane-prone area might be constructed at a higher elevation, and on a pier and beam foundation that is made of wet-able materials, allowing flood waters to flow under the building. Also, the form of the building and roof slope might also be designed to create aerodynamic properties that resist uplift and damage in high winds.

A common design strategy that responds to school intruders is the designation of a single point of entry, called a security vestibule, that is designed to create a “screening area” that each visitor must pass through before being admitted into the rest of the building. As visitors approach the building at the entry, they would also encounter a series of barriers that are located to prevent a vehicle from striking the building.

Photo Credit: Tom McConnell

Left: The new security vestibule at Junior High West in Pearland, Texas, is one of several upgrades planned for all campuses as part of a districtwide security enhancement initiative.

Below: Spherical bollards offer a playful and aesthetically appealing design for a physical vehicle barrier at Rummel Creek Elementary School in Houston.

Photo Credit: Luis Ayala


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Social Resilience The social resilience of facilities is very often

overlooked but is just as important as the physical resilience. Social resilience focuses on people and, similar to physical resilience, how they are able to cope, adapt, and transform to various external impacts, such as a shock or stress. By creating a foundation of health, the built and operational environments can support and enhance the social resilience of its occupants. This can lead to beneficial outcomes in the educational environment, mental and physical health, overall wellbeing, and social connectivity after a shock or stress.

An environment that supports social resilience also acknowledges the various psychophysiological needs of a diverse building occupancy, for example neurodiversity, and it should be able to adapt to deal with these differences. Biophilic design, or the incorporation of nature and natural process into the built environment, is an example of a design solution that can support social resilience. Notably in the advent of a global pandemic, Covid-19, that has amounted to unprecedented levels of stress in people, creating a restorative or healing environment through biophilic design will help mitigate stress and support overall wellbeing.

As stakeholders and decision makers in the creation and operation of buildings, social resilience acknowledges that the choices we make in the design of the built environment can have a profound impact on the wellbeing of its inhabitants. An analysis of communities and how they overcome adversity would indicate that those communities that are diverse and that know, respect and care for each other, fare much better than those who do not have these characteristics. The design of our facilities can either support those types of connections within an education community, or work against it, effectively isolating the end-users.

Physical and Social Resilience in Tandem Measures often implemented into design to support

physical resilience can also benefit the social resilience of occupants. Knowing that a school environment has been designed or upgraded to withstand a significant seismic event will likely support the comfort and psychological wellbeing of students, staff, and their extended families and networks because they will feel safe.

While some safety measures may benefit the physical resilience of an environment, the diversity of human experience and perception over these measures may either support or detract from a given individual’s comfort. Let’s take the earlier example we used of the security vestibule. The security vestibule and bollards are a physical response to help prevent unwanted intrusion into the building, but the way we approach the design of these components results in very different human experiences. If we were only thinking about the physical design response to the threat, we might construct the security vestibule of solid concrete walls, minimal windows, and place metal detectors at the entry point. We might also install large steel bollards along the walkway to the building entry. Now imagine that same scenario, but with a lot of windows (protected with a security film system), so that those in the front office can see visitors approaching and visitors can see the warm and inviting entrance. In lieu of standard bollards out front, there might be playful and colorful round concrete bollards, or concrete benches. This second scenario might have several other security features that are not apparent to the people who interact with those spaces each day, so while the physical response is different, it serves the same purpose and has a profoundly different impact on the social resilience of the users.

While physical resilience can be somewhat “absolutely” beneficial, design elements that support social resilience are more nuanced and attention and care must be given to environmental features to ensure overall health and wellbeing. Ultimately, physical and social resilience can and must work together as a holistic framework to facilitate safety and wellbeing.

Bespoke Solutions are Best Although it would be simple to have a one size fits all

approach to facilitating physical and social resilience, the reality, like with many good design solutions, is that every environment needs something different. Diversity has amongst many factors, including occupancy needs and health, local physical infrastructure, societal challenges and anticipated needs, and anticipated climatic events. A bespoke solution will be the most beneficial approach to achieving an educational environment that supports both physical and social resilience. To do this, upfront analysis is needed early on and will continue to be performed in an iterative fashion during design and construction.

As the threats and stresses to our “normalcy” in schools evolve, so must our design solutions and operational procedures. We should strive for more than safety, we should strive for resilience, so that when the next inevitable disruption hits our educational communities we will thrive.

Laura Sachtleben is a senior principal based in Stantec’s Houston office. She believes that impactful design comes from a culture of learning and is committed to innovation in education through continual discovery. Laura leads the Stantec Research and Benchmarking (R+B) program which inspires and supports learning by constantly researching best practices and applying this knowledge to the design process.

Kaitlyn Gillis is a wellbeing & sustainability specialist based in Stantec’s Edmonton, Alberta office. She is passionate about reducing the impact of the built environment on both human wellbeing and the natural environment. Kaitlyn uses her social science and technical skills to inform designs, collaborating to create the most optimal places for people and the environment.

The design for Texas A&M University Corpus Christi’s Tidal Hall places circulation along the perimeter and increases the fenestration sizes as the façade moves toward the ocean, balancing the need to protect interior lab spaces from major weather events with the desire to provide transparency and visibility to the bay.

Photo Credit: Luis Ayala

Central Valley School District’s Bond Program Transforms Community The construction of Liberty Creek Elementary kicked off the program’s success

THECentral Valley School District in Washington

state hadn’t passed a bond for almost two

decades. Its facilities were aging while the number

of students continued to grow. The school district

attempted several bonds — the most recent in 2011

— but they all had failed. It was desperate to update

its schools — not only for the safety and security of its

students and staff, but also to offer modern, interactive

learning environments to prepare its students for the

future, retain and hire teachers and administrators, and

offer the region new, exciting community spaces.

In 2015, Central Valley went after another bond. It

hired OAC Services Inc., which has offices throughout

Washington, as its partner to pursue this essential

program because it had to pass. The district also set an

ambitious goal for itself. It’d be one of the few districts

in the state of Washington to offer an incredible 17-to-

one, students-to-teacher ratio in all of its new elementary

schools, and it’d offer full-day kindergarten district-wide.

OAC immediately investigated successful, comparable

bond programs, and analyzed strategies, messaging and

programs, while the district analyzed more than 4,000

community suggestions acquired through surveys,

outreach efforts and community events. The Central

Valley/OAC team used the analysis and notes from the

community to put together a bold bond program; they

would transform an entire community by putting forward

a $121.9 million bond. The bond would improve nearly

half the schools in the district. It would introduce brand-

new schools and provide upgrades and modernizations to

existing facilities. It would change the lives of thousands

of students in the district and achieve a goal few other

school districts had even attempted.To prove to the local community that the district

was going to be a responsible steward of public funds

and that it could pull off such an incredible attempt,

Central Valley/OAC set out to redefine how education

planning on such a large scale would be performed.

The district understood that the best way to achieve

its goals was to provide learning facilities as quickly

and efficiently as it could. It put out RFQs for every

potential school, determined delivery methods and

hired entire project teams for every one of the initial

school projects before the bond had passed. The district

then facilitated a holistic bond community approach by

hosting charrettes and retreats, inviting every designer

and contractor to see that this was one project made of

many projects, and it had to succeed.“We got together all of our project managers and all

our architects, and we said that we weren’t going to do

this the normal way,” said Ben Small, superintendent

of Central Valley School District. “You’re competitors

outside this room, but in here, you’re collaborators on

the best products for the school district. And during that

first meeting, prior to the bond even passing, we asked

what can be done. Together, we developed a pretty

aggressive schedule.”Developing education specifications and standards

as a team, inserting value engineering into each phase

of design and construction, and drafting prototypes

to use for the schools, the project community (the

district, OAC, and all the designers and contractors)

conveyed to the voters that, if they approved the bond,

they could deliver schools faster than normal. Design

would be completed in six months and construction in

an incredible 15 months. In February of 2015, the bond measure passed. The

district and teams were ecstatic, but there was little time

to celebrate. They initiated the program immediately.

All eyes were on the district now. It was time to deliver.

Liberty Creek Elementary in Liberty Lake was the

first school to achieve the audacious promises made to

voters. It would work as a prototype for several other

elementary schools throughout the district. It would

offer full-day kindergarten; it would provide the one-

to-17, teacher-student ration; and it would be completed

before the start of the school year in fall 2017.

With OAC’s education experience, they prepared

a grant application through the state of Washington

to receive class-size reduction funding for the

74,000-square-foot school. OAC also coordinated with

permitting agencies and the State Office of Public

Instruction (a process that conventionally takes a year

or more) to reduce the design down to half a year.

Meanwhile, OAC’s construction managers developed

a bidding strategy for Liberty Creek Elementary that

would produce the approach for the overall bond

program and offer the best value to the district. OAC

performed a comprehensive analysis of the bidding

environment for the region, reviewed successful

bid strategies from comparable school districts and

investigated contractor and subcontractor backlogs.

This strategy, coupled with the successful shortened

design phase, allowed the project to go out to bid

before any other public project. Furthermore, because

contractors had been made aware of the project and the

district’s goals, OAC generated additional interest in the

project and received a larger number of bids.When the grant came in, it covered the entire $20.8

million cost for the new elementary school. This set

off a chain reaction of intelligent stewardship of public

funds that allowed this one bond to balloon to more than

$225.7 million. By parlaying this incredible fortune and

continuing its clever, resourceful use of funds, the district

added a new elementary school and replaced an existing

middle school at no additional cost to the taxpayers. It

was an unbelievable start to the bond program.

Despite experiencing the rainiest month of all time

(October 2016), the coldest January in 30 years and the

wettest six months in the area’s history, Liberty Creek

Elementary opened in fall 2017. This success is based

on the entire team, a team who developed new ways

of delivering a school, and who led a project that kick-

started a bond program that has and will change the

entire Central Valley community.

Jeff Jurgensen is regional director of OAC Services Inc., a building services provider that has offices throughout the state of Washington.

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Floor Design for Optimal School CleanlinessBy Sophia Daukus

In today’s environment, cleanability is a primary consideration in new floor design for schools. Every facility must be able to properly and efficiently clean its floors as part of a stringent pathogen control program. If you’re looking to refurbish, replace or install new school flooring during the current closure, look for several important features that can help ensure optimal cleanability, while also easing the burden of additional custodial labor.

First, look to seamless flooring to avoid dirt and pathogen build-up in numerous seams, cracks and tile grout lines. Second, make sure to incorporate the correct floor slope for best drainage. Lastly, include an integral cove base where appropriate. Let’s discuss just how to optimize school flooring for cleanability during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Sanitary Flooring Solutions in Schools Harmful microbes, such as pathogenic viruses,

bacteria and fungi, can thrive in hard-to-clean places. The cracks and crevices of assembled flooring – think tile, plank and heat-welded types – can be hotspots for germs to hide. The same goes for corners and the ninety-degree angles where floors meet walls. No matter how thorough a cleaning regimen is, microbes can safely seek out those inaccessible dark, moist spaces.

Educational facilities, like other high-traffic public spaces, can be a breeding ground for undesirable microorganisms. Depending on the school, hundreds of students and staff may roam the halls each day. Pathogens can get tracked in on shoes and transported throughout the campus. It is therefore imperative that schools have the proper flooring solutions to support their fight against microbial proliferation.

Many school boards anticipate higher custodial costs, due to intensified facility hygiene requirements. By choosing optimally cleanable flooring, districts enable janitorial staff to do their job faster and more thoroughly. The right school floor surface can help make proper sanitizing more efficient as well as ease budgetary concerns.

Seamless Flooring Seamless flooring can be a crucial part of minimizing

the spread of pathogenic microbes throughout an educational campus. Floors are, of course, ubiquitous to every space. When their surfaces consist of numerous seams, cracks and crevices, they create the perfect home for diverse harmful microorganisms. Despite seemingly thorough cleaning procedures, germs can remain hidden in cracks.

In contrast, seamless flooring solutions allow for microbes to be eradicated quickly and effectively. This can save on custodial time otherwise spent scrubbing and disinfecting unsanitary crevices and grout lines.

Chemical- and Abrasion-Resistant Flooring In order to keep school flooring as sanitary

as possible throughout the COVID-19 crisis and afterwards, frequent intensive cleaning treatments must get implemented. Industrial sanitizing chemicals, while harsh, may often be the best way to keep facilities safe. However, some institutional and commercial flooring can break down under repeated exposure to high concentration disinfectants. Once surface deterioration begins, tiny crevices and pits can form, allowing pathogens to enter and hide unnoticed within the floor matrix.

At the same time, educational flooring systems must be highly abrasion resistant. Substantial foot and cart traffic are just the beginning. Add the increased use of sweepers, mops or auto-scrubbers and the risk of scratches, surface abrasion and wear-and-tear goes up significantly. As with the repeated applications of harsh sanitizing chemicals described above, the increased friction from more frequent cleaning can take its toll on standard institutional flooring.

The chemical and abrasion resistant properties found in industrial-grade resinous floor systems are two important features to look for in new school flooring. These characteristics can greatly contribute to long-term performance, given today’s more stringent cleaning and disinfecting routines. Some resinous floor coating manufacturers even offer extreme pH acid and alkali resistant solutions for chemistry laboratories and research facilities.

Structural Design of Flooring An often-overlooked aspect of sanitary flooring is its

structural design. The floor layout can be engineered in such a way as to optimize for hygiene and cleanliness. Two crucial design elements are the slope of the floor surface and the cove base.

Proper floor slope has long been a requirement in rooms with floor drains. These traditionally consisted of restrooms, locker and shower rooms, as well as cafeteria kitchens and some lab classrooms, where spills could easily occur and where cleaning sometimes included

“hosing down” the space. Today, however, floor drains are increasingly being installed throughout educational facilities to enable more thoroughly cleaning. In such spaces, the slope of the floor can be critical. Wash

water should easily flow toward the drain of its own accord without puddling to deter microbial growth and decrease the risk of slip-and-fall events. Proper floor slope can also improve custodial efficiency, since staff can move on to the next task, rather than spend time coaxing puddled water toward the drain with a squeegee or broom.

The 90-degree angle where the floor meets the wall is another favorite hiding place for microbes. While covering this area with a vinyl or rubber adhesive cove base can be a suitable cosmetic choice, it is not recommended for locations where pathogen control programs are in effect. Such glue-on cove base options create additional seams, as well as dark moist pockets underneath the plastic where microbes can thrive. A great alternative to an adhesive cove base is a fluid-applied radial or cant cove that extends from floor to wall. The seamless design of an integral resinous cove base eliminates the hard-to-reach ninety-degree angles where germs like to hide.

Thermal Shock-Resistant Floors For areas frequently exposed to hot water, steam

or temperature cycling, whether locker rooms, shower areas or school kitchens, thermal shock resistant flooring is recommended. Many standard types of floor coverings can delaminate when exposed to recurrent, dramatic changes in temperature, while exposure to very high temperatures can result in cracking, bubbling, or melting.

Thermal shock resistant urethane mortar flooring is designed to withstand exposure to extreme temperatures, ongoing moist or wet conditions, as well as a range of chemicals. In addition, the product can be used to correct floor slope and build integral cove bases, making it an ideal sanitary flooring type for busy educational facilities.

In these uncertain times, it is essential to have school flooring that supports – rather than hinders – custodial cleaning and disinfecting efforts. Enlisting these high value, sanitary flooring solutions into your pathogen control program can help your educational campus efficiently maintain optimal sanitation standards and safety for years to come.

Sophia Daukus is marketing communications manager for Florock Polymer Flooring, manufactured in Chicago since 1952.

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Floor drains are increasingly being in-stalled throughout educational facilities to enable more-thorough cleaning.



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Seating Solutions Help Create Stellar eSports Arena for CMU By Chandra Putnam

The world of online gaming continues to grow in popularity, especially among a younger generation. So it comes as no surprise that many colleges and universities are looking to upgrade their facilities to accommodate the next generation of competitive eSports players and casual gamers.

One school, Colorado Mesa University (CMU), is at the forefront of this movement. Last fall the school completed the renovation of an existing building at its main campus in Grand Junction. The first floor of Rotary Hall, a two-story building that housed administrative offices, was reimaged to create a permanent home for CMU’s fast-growing eSports team. Since its founding in 2015, the team has expanded to more than 55 members and competes against more than 20 teams across the country. Until Rotary Hall’s transformation, CMU’s eSports team had to use different facilities on campus for their weekly practices and competitions.

To convert the more than 1,800-square-foot space into a hip, modern eSports arena, CMU turned to a local commercial furniture dealer, ProSpace+Interiors. The company has long been a partner to CMU for their entire campus facility needs, helping them with product selection and design services for administrative offices, residential buildings, sports facilities and classrooms.

ProSpace Designer Maria Jorgensen worked closely with CMU’s Director of Club Sports Reese Kegans and CMU’s Purchasing Manager Suzanne Ellinwood. The vision was to create an open floor plan that could accommodate as many gaming stations as possible for the eSports team. The school also wanted an area for spectators and yet another area where students could come to use the facility with their own personal gaming systems. Functionality and design were high on CMU’s list of priorities. But a best-in-class seating solution was also a priority as the seating needed to accommodate the different users in each

space and tie-in to the overall design. “From an aesthetic standpoint, we wanted to

achieve an industrial modern look, while integrating CMU’s colors throughout,” said Jorgensen. “For functionality, we needed to maximize the space to accommodate the multiple and different designated areas within the space. Selecting the right seating to meet our design and functionality needs was essential.”

After the renovation, which included the removal of several walls, a large conference room and traditional office furniture and fixtures, the space was a complete transformation.

Upon entering the facility, students, gamers and fans can easily see each different area and move

seamlessly between them without impediment. A gray muted carpet creates the industrial look. Elements of CMU’s logo and its energetic colors of maroon, gold and white are used as accents on the walls to offset the gray flooring. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow for plenty of natural light, while the seating completes the space through its modern and contemporary look.

A reception/check-in area welcomes everyone who enters. An Alpine Bench from Integra Seating provides visitors with a generous seating surface and room to seat two comfortably. Alpine’s sleek appearance and its wood side panels and metal bar legs nicely complement the other Integra seating products found throughout the facility.

When the team competes or practices, their dedicated area consists of 32 individual gaming stations. Four long, fixed-height tables, each holding three gaming stations, occupy the center area. Six two-person tables with gaming stations are situated around the perimeter. Each gaming station has their own task chair. CMU chose the OM5 task chair by OM, a PC Gamer magazine award-winning product.

The casual gaming area, unlike the competitive area, is defined by its comfortable, almost home-like feel. Three sofas from Integra Seating are arranged around three large-screen TV monitors. This allows

Left: The new CMU eSports arena features an area for casual gamers that includes three Integra Seating Ren-dezvous sofas.

Below: Integra Seating’s Rendezvous sofa – along with its Brighton Chair and poufs – were selected for the different areas of CMU’s new eSports arena.

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up to nine students, three per sofa, to enjoy the space using their own gaming console.

“To achieve the residential-like feel for this area, we selected Integra’s Rendezvous sofa,” said Jorgensen. “We’ve used that product at so many other locations around campus. It looks great and holds up extremely well, so I knew it would work well here.”

As for the spectator area, it features a large 80-inch TV monitor where friends, family, teammates or fans can watch the games. The space also has a streaming area – two gaming stations where both the gamer and the game can be streamed live on YouTube or other social media platforms. The area is furnished with eight comfortable Integra lounge chairs and three Integra footstools, which can serve as additional seating, if needed. In all, the space can seat 11 people.

“The Brighton Chair was a perfect solution for this space,” said Jorgensen. “These chairs are so

comfortable; they can easily accommodate spectators and fans who will be sitting for long periods of time watching all the action. Another great thing: It has the comfort of a spacious lounge piece but does not take up such a large footprint. And, its exposed metal leg gave us that industrial look we wanted. It simply checks all the boxes for us.”

The three footstools bring added design and functionality to the space. “Integra is known for highly durable products, including their poufs. Because of this, the poufs can serve as either a footstool, a seat or even a table. We know the upholstered tops will maintain their look and not become misshapen over time. The poufs add a little fun and flexibility because it can be used in so many ways.”

Jorgensen added that the easy mobility of the Brighton Chair and the footstools were another benefit. Both pieces can be easily moved to meet different configurations. “A lot of times you’ll see the chairs arranged so that people can face each other to have a

conversation. The footstools are placed in the center and used as a small table to hold laptops or other smaller items,” said Jorgensen.

Integra Seating has been providing lounge seating products for higher education facilities for more than three decades. Their long-lasting durability – all chairs pass a 1,000 lb. drop test – make them ideal for high-use, 24/7 environments. They also feature practical maintenance advantages; many seats come with a clean-out feature and most have parts that can be replaced quickly if they become worn out. All products come with a lifetime warranty, adding even greater piece of mind.

Since the eSports arena opened, feedback from students and the university has been overwhelming positive. “The university sees this new eSports arena as a very important piece to their overall student experience – and even for recruiting. It’s nice to have a seating solution partner like Integra that can meet every different need – from comfort and design to durability and maintenance.”

CMU’s Kegans agrees: “The Integra Seating pieces make the room inviting and comfortable. The couches provide a locker room feel where teammates can gather and play together. I think the room looks perfect with the Integra pieces. I am looking forward to seeing the room full again with students and competitors.”

Chandra Putnam is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Integra Seating.

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Duda|Paine Wins Design Award for Emory Student Center

ATLANTA—International design firm Duda|Paine Architects has won the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) 2020 Facility Design Award honoring Emory Student Center for its achievements in advancing campus community and transformative sustainable design solutions.

The Emory Student Center, which opened on Atlanta’s Emory University campus in September 2019, features a balance of energetic indoor and outdoor social spaces and quiet study areas to meet a variety of student needs. Igniting creativity, enthusiasm and engagement, the 118,000-square-foot facility houses an abundance of resources and spaces including a recreation lounge and spacious dining center for to entire campus community.

Duda|Paine Architects, in collaboration with long-time partner for programming and interiors MHTN Architects, was selected by Emory for their inclusive and innovative design approach. The design and planning process included input from Emory students and administration, resulting in spaces to facilitate learning and enrich students’ academic experience.

“Our team’s focus on sustainability, collaboration and placemaking were driven by Emory University’s

vision for an innovative and engaging student center,” said Turan Duda, founding principal, Duda|Paine Architects. “The Student Center design has transformed the heart of Emory’s exciting and diverse campus community to create a place to study, play, collaborate and socialize.”

ACUI is a nonprofit educational organization that brings together college union and student activities professionals from hundreds of schools in seven countries. The annual ACUI Facility Design Awards were created to encourage and recognize excellence in the design of student-centered facilities that support campus community building and student learning.

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