Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Students at Campus International now learn in a new building designed specifically to support the International Baccalaureate curriculum. The 1.75 acre urban site is located on the Cleveland State University campus, posing a design challenge as the team was tasked with creating a flexible, 21st-century school facility on a tight site.
To provide collaboration spaces, outdoor learning areas, and parking, the building stacks up efficiently on four levels surrounding a central, naturally daylit atrium. Gathering the entire population of the school at least once a week is essential to the program, thus the large atrium space and adjacent cafeteria can be used for this purpose.
The building provides technology-equipped shared project areas outside of each classroom, and connectivity visually to all four levels from these shared areas. Small group areas and distributed administration spaces on each classroom floor allow for flexibility of group size to gather and work together. Shared spaces such as music and a multi-purpose room are primarily located on level one, with only the gymnasium on the third level for efficiency of the structural system. To ensure that technology is integrated into the students’ day, classrooms and breakout spaces contain both digital and analog media. Interior windows throughout inspire students and staff to learn from each other, and the brightly colored walls reflect daylight. Boosting collaboration and physical activity through the use of wide corridors and centrally placed stairs, the sustainably designed school supports students, teachers, and their inquiry-based academic curriculum.
Project Credits
Project: Campus International School, Cleveland.
Client: Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland State University
Architect: Perkins+Will
Architect of Record: ThenDesign Architecture
Civil Engineering: Greenland Engineering
Mech and Plumbing: J.M. Verostko, Inc.
Electrical Engineer: C.L. Firestone, Inc.
Technology Designer: BCL IT, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Thorson Baker & Associates
Construction Manager: ICON
Photography: James Steinkamp Photography
Size: 93,000 square feet