The document outlines a campus expansion project for the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) to address overcrowding issues. It describes designing a new building addition that would include 4 classrooms, office space, storage rooms, and a large multipurpose room. The expansion must adhere to building codes and campus limits while providing more space. The project aims to benefit MAST students and faculty by alleviating overcrowding and lacking event space through a well-organized, improved campus.

1. Mast Campus Expansion
Project
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING II
JESSICA CASAMASSIMA
WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALLIE MASCIANA AND
MARY KATE INNACE

2. Individual Design Brief
Design the structure and exterior of a building
expansion project for the Marine Academy of Science
and Technology to provide to Dr. Christopher to
propose to the Board of Education, and to provide to the
landscape architect/civil engineer to plan the exterior
site and interior architect to complete interior designs.

3. Specifications and Limitations
 Specifications:
• The design must:
 Have a separate main entrance
 Have handicap accessibility
 Be combatable with other buildings on Sandy Hook
 Support an open, multipurpose room capable of housing 600 hundred people
 Be made of materials that are affordable and appropriate for the purposes
 Adhere to building codes
 Limitations:
• The design must:
 Stay within the limits of MAST’s campus.
 Adhere generally to the following square footage requirements and include the following rooms:
 (4) Classrooms 23x 27 = 621 sq ft each = 2,484 sq ft
 (1) Naval Science Office 15 x 18 = 270 sq ft
 Uniform Storage 110 x 13.5 = 1,485 sq ft
 Mens/Women’s Toilets 32 x 20.5 = 656 sq ft
 Multipurpose Drill Hall 73 x 102 = 7446 sq ft
 Assembly use  Audience-504 sq ft, Stage-112 sq ft
 Stage and Chair Storage 32 x 21 = 672 sq ft
 Common and Corridor space 8 x 175 = 1,400 sq ft
 Administrative Offices 2,500 sq ft
o Total= 16,913 sq ft
 Adhere to the stakeholder’s requests

4. Problem, Opportunity, or Situation
• What is the Problem?
MAST’s campus is overcrowded.
Classroom spaces are far too small
for the capacity they are now
holding (fig. 1). Also, the campus Fig. 1
lacks a large, multipurpose indoor
space for events such as battalion
practices (fig.2).
Fig. 2
• What is the Opportunity?
The campus now has the ability to
expand within the next few years.
Buildings can be added or existing
buildings can be added on to. The
current existing campus can be
seen in figure 3.
Fig. 3

5. Problem, Opportunity, or Situation (cont.)
• What is the Situation?
The group will work together to
create a set of working drawings
for a possible design for the
future campus expansion, paying
close attention to the existing
campus (fig. 4). Four different Fig. 4
alternate solutions will be drawn
up (fig. 5) and considered before
a final design is chosen.
Jessie will be designing the
exterior of the buildings, while
Allie while focus on the interiors
and Mary Kate will create the
exterior sites.
Fig. 5

6. People Involved
There are many people involved in
this project, from the architects to
the MCVSD Board of Education.
However, those who will be most
directly affected by this project are
the students and faculty of MAST
(fig 7). For example, they will no
longer have an overcrowded lunch
Photo courtesy of Maddi Sorrentino
room (fig. 10), will be able to Fig. 10
Fig. 6
practice drill in a gym (fig 9), will
not have to play sports outside
when it is raining (fig 8), and will
not have to run uniform supply out
of small trailers (fig 6).
Fig. 7 Fig. 9
Fig. 8

7. Why Must This Be Addressed?
This campus expansion
project would have many
benefits. The new, improved
campus would have more
Fig. 1 spacious classrooms (fig 1, fig
13), large rooms for uniform
supply rather than trailers
Fig. 12
(fig 11), more room for
students to eat lunch (fig 10),
Fig. 11 and a large gymnasium (fig
12) for drill events and pt that
could also be converted into
an auditorium for assemblies,
plays, and graduations.
Fig. 13
Fig. 10

8. Stakeholders
The stakeholders of this project vary
greatly. They include of course the
students and faculty of MAST (fig 18, 19,
20). They also include the MCVSD
administration such as Timothy M.
Fig. 14 McCorkell (fig 14), the superintendent, Fig. 18
Anthony Schaible (fig. 15), the assistant
superintendent, and Collette Flatt (fig
16), the school business administrator,
all shown to the left. Stakeholders also
include the tax payers of Monmouth
Fig. 15
County (fig 17).
Fig. 19
Fig. 16
Fig. 17 Fig. 20

9. Intended Mood
The expanded campus will present students with a new, organized feel.
Easily accessible pathways will be provided along commonly used routes
from one building to another. The buildings themselves will have simple,
well-organized layouts. The classrooms will have an open, spacious feel (fig
13). Where it is appropriate, the exteriors of the new buildings may reflect
the beautiful architecture of old Fort Hancock Buildings (fig 24), such as
Building 22 (fig 23). Others will blend right in with the existing campus (fig
21, 22). The new campus will be safe, comfortable, and much improved.
Fig. 21 Fig. 23 Fig. 13
Fig. 22 Fig. 24

10. Works Cited
“Administrative Staff.” Monmouth County Vocational School
District. (21 April 2012). Retrieved from
http://www.mcvsd.org/admin/
“Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook.” New Jersey Memories. (28 August
2012). Retrieved from
http://www.newjerseymemories.com/2012/08/fort-
hancock-at-sandy-hook.html
Google. (2012). Google Earth (Version 6.2) [Mobile application
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“The Learning Factory.” Penn State College of Engineering. (2012).
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http://www.lf.psu.edu/Facilities/Location.html
Weichert.(2012). Retrieved from
http://www.weichert.com/NJ/Monmouth/
~All other pictures used were photographed by Jessie Casamassima.~