SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER & STUDENT COMMONS
ST. X HIGH SCHOOL, LOUISVILLE’S MOST HISTORIC CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, SOUGHT TO REINVENT THEIR 40 YEAR OLD, STANDALONE MEDIA CENTER WITH ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS AND A RECONFIGURED MEDIA CENTER. JRA HELPED INVISION A MORE AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO RECONNECT THE BUILDING WITH THE MAIN SCHOOL TO ELIMINATE EXTERIOR CIRCULATION AND CREATE A VIBRANT STUDENT COMMONS AT THE HEART OF THE ACADEMIC CORE.
THE RENOVATED MEDIA CENTER WILL INCLUDE NEW FURNISHINGS AND FINISHES TO CREATE A MORE ACOUSTICALLY CONTROLLED, DAYLIGHT FILLED LEARNING SPACE. A NEW, CENTRALLY LOCATED SERVICE POINT OPENS UP SPACE FOR A TECHNOLOGY RICH CLASS SPACE, WHILE EXISTING CLASSROOMS ARE OPENED TO THE EXTERIOR TO PROVIDE DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS.
THE NEW STUDENT COMMONS STITCHES THE SCHOOL AND MEDIA CENTER TOGETHER WITH A VAULTED CIRCULATION CROSSROADS. THE DAYLIT SPACE WILL SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CENTER AND CLASS LEARNING SPACE, AS WELL AS A VENUE FOR EXTRACURRICULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. EXISTING AND NEW OVERLAP TO CREATE A COMPOSITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS NEW TECHNOLOGY LIKE A LARGE, INTERACTIVE PROJECTION WALL, AS WELL AS FORM A COMPOSITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING, CAMPUS, AND INSTITUTION’S LEGACY, LIKE THE DECADES OLD CROSS SALVAGED FROM THE PREVIOUS CAMPUS.
ON THE EXTERIOR, THE MEDIA CENTER WILL BE THE CAMPUS’S NEW COMMUNITY FOCAL POINT, WITH A COLLECTION OF LUMINUOUS SPACES EXPRESSING THE VIBRANT STUDENT EXPERIENCE WITHIN.
THE RENOVATED MEDIA CENTER WILL INCLUDE NEW FURNISHINGS AND FINISHES TO CREATE A MORE ACOUSTICALLY CONTROLLED, DAYLIGHT FILLED LEARNING SPACE. A NEW, CENTRALLY LOCATED SERVICE POINT OPENS UP SPACE FOR A TECHNOLOGY RICH CLASS SPACE, WHILE EXISTING CLASSROOMS ARE OPENED TO THE EXTERIOR TO PROVIDE DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS.
THE NEW STUDENT COMMONS STITCHES THE SCHOOL AND MEDIA CENTER TOGETHER WITH A VAULTED CIRCULATION CROSSROADS. THE DAYLIT SPACE WILL SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CENTER AND CLASS LEARNING SPACE, AS WELL AS A VENUE FOR EXTRACURRICULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. EXISTING AND NEW OVERLAP TO CREATE A COMPOSITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS NEW TECHNOLOGY LIKE A LARGE, INTERACTIVE PROJECTION WALL, AS WELL AS FORM A COMPOSITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING, CAMPUS, AND INSTITUTION’S LEGACY, LIKE THE DECADES OLD CROSS SALVAGED FROM THE PREVIOUS CAMPUS.
ON THE EXTERIOR, THE MEDIA CENTER WILL BE THE CAMPUS’S NEW COMMUNITY FOCAL POINT, WITH A COLLECTION OF LUMINUOUS SPACES EXPRESSING THE VIBRANT STUDENT EXPERIENCE WITHIN.