Roosevelt High School Renovation & Addition

1. 2008 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture Roosevelt High SchoolRenovation & Addition Seattle, Washington Renovation Lee J. Brockway Award Bassetti Architects

2. Roosevelt High SchoolRenovation & Addition

3. West View of Original Building, Addition, & Playfield Community Environment Historic Roosevelt High School is bordered by an urban village which will include a mass transit station. 1960’s additions were removed and the site was re-graded to provide a community-accessible athletic field and connect to the urban village. Placement of the athletic field at the site’s periphery, provides a buffer between urban density and a new outdoor plaza.

4. North View of Historic and New Facades Community Environment Retention of the landmark building’s scale on the north side respects single-family residences. A main corridor, connecting a new addition with the historic structure, houses community functions and includes an adult education classroom.

5. Daylit Library at the Core of the Historic Building Learning Environment Academic areas are organized into eight small learning communities (SLC) surrounding a daylit library. By reconfiguring the historic floor plan and re-using the old assembly hall, daylighting revitalizes the interior. Digital infrastructure, accessible raceways, and provision for future wireless hubs, support the SLCs.

6. New 750-Seat Theater Learning Environment A new 750-seat theater, a 150-seat black box performance space, in addition to teaching and support spaces, reinforces Roosevelt’s performing arts program. Flexible and adaptive design supports a traditional departmental model, grade-based houses, or semi-autonomous small schools. Collaboration is enhanced through SLCs, shared teacher planning areas, small group areas, and distributed administrative offices. The scale of the school is broken down into personalized groupings, encouraging safety by ensuring adult supervision throughout. Located in the middle of the site, the outdoor student plaza reinforces safety.

7. New Addition Beyond Landmark Building Physical Environment The historic building and addition form an “L” shaped campus around the athletic field. A concrete plinth forms the base for both the historic building and addition, forming an extended walkway and entrance plaza overlooking the field.

8. Student Commons Looking South Physical Environment Both the historic entrance and entry into the new commons spill out onto the walkway and allow visitors and students to admire the historic building, addition and field from a common vantage point.

9. Classrooms Accommodate Multiple Learning Styles Planning Process In the fall of 2001, Seattle Public Schools convened a group of educators, administrators, and architects developed a new model of school design composed of seven guiding principles: learner-centered environment, personalized environment, program adaptability, community connections, aesthetics, safety, and collaboration.

10. New Gymnasium Supports After-Hours Community Use Planning Process In the spring of 2002, a School Design Team convened, including students, parents, teachers, administrators, business and government representatives, facility managers and architects, and neighbors. In concert with a School Design Checklist, the guiding principles were used to critique, guide and approve the design of Roosevelt High School. This design committee clarified programmatic imperatives including personalization, collaboration, equity and access, integrated technology, flexibility and adaptability, performing arts focus, and community after-hours use.

11. Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2008 Project Data

12. Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture 2008 Project Details

13. Before Images Incompatible Additions Old Library Dark Assembly Hall at Historic Building Core

14. With transparent community input, clear planning goals focused on the needs of our children, and a commitment to sustain our landmark structures, we can transform our aging schools into vital 21st-century centers of learning. Transition between Addition and Landmark Buildling

15. “Everybody’s pumped up about the new school. . . the library – you want to go sit and read, it’s the perfect place. It’s like they designed it so we can learn better.” -- Davey Friedman, senior class president quoted in the Seattle Times 10/10/06 Interior View of Library

16. “For the past two years, students and staff have been housed at Lincoln High School while they awaited their return. But there would be little argument that the wait was worth it. The newly refurbished school is stunning.”-- The Roosie, October 2006 (Roosevelt Neighborhood Association Newsletter) Multi-use Commons Serves as a Foyer to Theater and Gym

17. “It’s just a beautifully done school; it will enhance learning and boost morale. People have said it feels more like a college.” -- Chuck Chinn, principal Collaboration in Teacher Planning Area Small Group Area in Small Learning Communities

18. “Theater professionals who’ve seen the theater liken it to a ‘mini Benaroya,’ [concert hall] or on par with the Seattle Repertory Theatre,” said Ruben Van Kempen, the school’s director of theater. -- Seattle Times 10/10/06 View of Theater Seating from Stage

19. Roosevelt High School is a revitalized community anchor that meets the educational needs of the future. By celebrating a historic building, this high school instills a sense of community pride in alumni, neighbors and students. Restoration of the Original Building’s Exterior