Edmonds Woodway High School

edmonds woodway high school

Edmonds, Washington

Client

Edmonds School District

size

214,000 sf

year

1998

Awards

• 2000, AIA Northwest and Pacific, Award of Merit

• 1999, Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI now A4LE), James D. MacConnell Award

• 1999, Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI now A4LE), Impact on Learning Award

• 1999, AIA Washington, Civic Design Merit Award

Winner of the James D. MacConnell Award in 1999, Edmonds-Woodway High School’s design grew out of the community’s desire to accommodate a wide variety of learning and teaching methodologies including traditional departmentally organized schools, individual project-based learning, or curricula organized as a school-within-a-school. The Edmonds School District retained Bassetti to develop a community-focused planning process, master plan, program, and design for a new high school on the site formerly occupied by Edmonds High School.

Opportunities for integrated learning take place in learning clusters or “neighborhoods” that include four adaptable classrooms, two laboratories, conference rooms, and teacher support spaces organized around a central “flex” area. Community use and partnerships have also directed the design. The library-media center, great hall, theater, gym, and art facilities are designed to be easily identifiable and accessible, accommodating community and educational functions.