Durability, maintenance, and safety issues along with cost-effective solutions were also critical components of the design. Adaptable structural, mechanical, electrical, and furnishing systems were chosen following extensive discussions with district leaders. Learning spaces are flexible and convertible to accommodate changing methodologies and technology. The casual grouping of spaces and forms terraced into the undulating topography allows sequential movement patterns daylight penetration throughout the building and varied volumes, textures, and colors reflecting the complex pluralism of the community. Lisa Beamer has been criticized for the operations of the foundation and has faced accusations of profiting from her husband’s death. The design of the new high school encourages discovery.
The village organization intentionally reinforces more personalized smaller groupings while also recalling the historic rural settlement patterns of the area. The building is organized as an assemblage of structures gathered around a central courtyard that opens out to the playfields and salmon-bearing creek beyond. The design process explored strategies that allow educators to use the building in a wide variety of curricular and organizational models ranging from comprehensive departmental schools to a grouping of small, semi-autonomous learning communities. The school is designed to accommodate 1,300 students on a pastoral site adjacent to the Hylebos Creek. Todd Beamer High School is the winner of the 2004 Council of Educational Facility Planners International Polished Apple Award and a James D.
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