EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION & ADDITION
THE BUILDING ADDITIONS CREATED THREE “MAIN” ENTRANCES, EACH WITH AN AESTHETIC RESPONSE TO ITS CONTEXT. TWO NEW ARTERIAL CORRIDORS SIT ON AXIS WITH THE NEW WEST ENTRANCE TO CONNECT ALL THREE SECURITY POINTS DIRECTLY, USING EXTERIOR VIEWS TO CLARIFY WAYFINDING. AT THIS WEST ENTRANCE THE EXISTING BARE CONCRETE AND PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING FACADES WERE OVERLAID WITH A COMPOSITION OF BRICK, METAL, AND GLASS TO ENCLOSE THE NEW MEDIA CENTER, MAIN STREET CORRIDOR, AND AUDITORIUM. THESE VISUALLY FRAME THE SINGLE ENTRANCE POINT AND ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION OF THE 16 PREVIOUS WAYS INTO THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING. BY SHIFTING THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM IN RELATION TO THE GYM ADDITION, THESE THREE BRICK FACES APPEAR TO FOLD FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND ALLOW THE HEIGHT OF EACH TO BE DRIVEN BY THEIR INTERIOR PROGRAMMING. BY SELECTIVELY RENOVATING EXISTING CLASSROOMS, RELOCATING SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, AND RELOCATING THE FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE LIBRARY AND UNDERSIZED AUDITORIUM, 13 NEW CLASSROOMS WERE CREATED WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING.