Creative Spaces Designed to Foster Relationships
Client
Roseville Joint Union High School District
Project Location
Roseville, CA
Area
394,000 SF
Students
2400
Guiding Principles
Together district leaders, students, community members, business partners, and our team identified four guiding principles as the philosophical foundation for all decisions. We also posed two fundamental questions to drive our design. The first question to the larger group ensures our design will meet the educational needs of Roseville for many generations. “What environments must we provide to prepare our students for their futures?” The second question aimed at students ensures our team delivered on their desires. “What do you need to be successful?”
Collaborative Learning Suites
Three-story collaborative learning suites provide students and educators with groupings of adaptable, diverse spaces that enable multiple learning styles to be easily facilitated. Each CLS has its own identity, with a name such as River, Oak, and Sierra and its own color palette. Raw open space for CTE, science, and art classes are throughout the ground level, while upper floors house active classroom spaces. Learning suites are linked to and rise from the Nexus, a diverse mix of spaces that include dining, information resources, fitness, and transaction environments. The Nexus concept enables applied learning to function in a more realistic environment with community interaction and outdoor access.
Soul of the School
Students and staff have a sense of belonging and feel empowered to effect change in an environment of trust and respect. Students have access to spaces designed for them, by them. For instance, the concept of student-owned hubs interwoven in every building throughout the campus supports programs defined by the students year to year. These hubs are used for performances, recreation, collaboration on messy projects, study, exhibitions, and more. Additionally, educators have access to dedicated spaces for teacher collaboration and cross-discipline planning activities. The main dining commons in the Grove multi-purpose building is dubbed Panther Den, a flexible space with large roll up doors to the exterior. The Panther Den extends to a learning stair and upper area with a dedicated dining cave nestled on the second floor.
Celebration of Learning
Learning is open and visible at West Park High School, which is filled with small and large group zones, workshops, and collaboration areas. Natural lighting and interesting sight lines enhance the learning experience, develop indoor-outdoor connections, and create a sense of drama. The combination of minimal solid walls and transparency in the learning suites maximizes flexibility and creates spaces where learning is celebrated. This is a place where learners and mentors are highly engaged and inspire each other to window shop for their future.
Centerpiece that Transcends Learning
The school is a critical element in the overall fabric of the Roseville community. It is a beacon of learning that symbolizes the values of the local community and is a welcoming environment for all ages to utilize. Learning extends beyond the campus through relationships with businesses, organizations, industries, and recreational groups. Participation in extracurricular activities such as athletics is popular in this community, and the shift in how we watch sports is reflected in the state-of-the-art sports facilities. West Park is the district’s first school where track and field are separate from the main stadium, giving fans access directly to the playing field.
