Learning By Design, Fall 2012 Outstanding Project recipient for high school renovations/adaptive reuse.

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The MET Sacramento High School
2012
Sacramento, CA
RENOVATIONS/
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Renovations & Adaptive Reuse
STAFFORD KING WIESE
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Mention
Pat Derickson
916/930-5900
2012
Design team
Pat Derickson,
Project Director
Rob Lowe, NCARB,
Project Manager/Architect
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Ellen Mejia Hooper,
Educational Programming he MET Sacramento is built-in audiovisual equipment. bleachers used on the ceiling in
one of 54 Big Picture Sustainable finishes are used the entry. The campus also has
Abel Guerra,
MET Student Intern Learning Schools in the throughout the spaces, such as a bike shop, music studio, and
United States. A permanent the reclaimed wood from school raised-bed vegetable garden. n
Turner Construction,
facility was needed that was as
Lease-Lease Back Contractor
unique as the pedagogy The
MET delivers.
Owner/Client Stafford King Wiese studied
Sacramento City Unified
five school sites graded on four
School District categories: flexibility of environ-
Sacramento, CA ment, community connectivity,
Jonathan Raymond, Superintendent
environmental responsibility,
916/643-9000 and potential funding sources.
The chosen site was a school
originally built in the 1940s
KEY stats located in the urban core.
Grades Served: 9-12 The renovation of the exist-
ing building included moving
Capacity: 300 students
walls to create a variety of
Size of Site: 0.6 acres classroom sizes and breakout
Building Area: 27,500 sq. ft. spaces. Each advisory room
Building Volume: 302,357 cu. ft. (classroom) now has a distinct
Space per Student: 92 sq. ft. personality, technology, bright
color, and ample daylight from
Cost per Student: $23,000
the bank of operable windows
Square Foot Cost: $251 and skylights. Flexibility is key
Construction Cost: $6.9 million at The MET as advisors (teach-
Total Project Cost: $7.9 million ers) are able to move furniture
Contract Date: Mar. 2010 around their rooms to fit
instruction needs. The breakout
Completed: Jan. 2012
spaces are located between
Sustainability Rating System/ two classrooms for group
Applied/Status/Level:
discussions or one-on-one
*CHPS; HPI Grant Funded/Certified
instruction.
The addition of the new
PHOTOGRAPHY: DON SATTERLEE
PHOTOGRAPHY
building creates a true quad
at the heart of the compact
*COLLABORATIVE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE urban campus. This space can
SCHOOLS
be divided into three smaller
rooms and is equipped with
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