Glastonbury High School AgSci and CREST Labs - Center for Robotics, Engineering, Science and Technology

This is a competition to design an integrated facility to support engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, and information technology at Glastonbury High School, Connecticut. The total area is approximately 20,000 square feet, and the aim is to provide innovative facilities for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education, promoted by the US Department of Education.

[The addition of Arts to STEAM illustrates the cross-disciplinary expectations of problem solving, critical thinking and collaborative skills needed for college and career readiness. In Glastonbury, we support the development and integration of STEAM opportunities for all students across all grade levels (K-12).]

At Glastonbury High School, we wish to expand our learning spaces to other areas of the high school to enhance our support of the Engineering and Robotics components of “CREST” and combine it with the Agricultural Science wing (outlined in red and blue boxes in the "Plan_drawing.pdf" in the FILES tab.)

This is a great opportunity for designers to realize their creative design visions for future STEAM education. Our aim is to implement the winning design concept, and there is a potential opportunity to continue working with the winning designer for the later stages of the project.

Please check pictures in the INSPIRATIONS tab, for inspirational images of such future educational environments. Also, feel free to share your precedent ideas/inspirations on the project WALL for further public feedback.

Also, please notice that all images start with a room tag number, eg. C101, etc. The room tag is also mapped on the plan drawing pdf (see the FILES tab), so you can understand which picture is taken from which space in the plan.

PROGRAMMATIC & LEARNING SPACE GOAL
“Create transformational programs of distinction in STEAM Education at Glastonbury High School and in the integrated Glastonbury Regional Agriscience and Technology Program.”
A multidisciplinary learning space will serve as a hub for STEAM education and for the development of innovative thinking and practices. As an extension of the current CREST lab environment, this space will provide for engineering and robotics components of instruction.
We will create an innovative learning space that:
• Provides flexible learning spaces;
• Enables students to solve relevant challenges;
• Supports development of critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration skills through the engineering process;
• Provides accessibility to accessible activities that support coursework and extracurricular STEAM opportunities related to engineering, design, and robotics;
• Provides opportunities for all students across disciplines and interest areas;
• Grows a community of practice wherein school and community partners to work together to support nontraditional learning and access to fieldwork/internship/postsecondary experiences;
• Blurs physical boundaries between learning location; and
• Provides a platform to expand Agriscience opportunities at our regional program.

For Agriculture Lab Program, please see the "Program_Agriculture.pdf" in the FILES tab.
For Manufacturing Engineering Lab Program, please see the "Program_Manufacturing.pdf" in the FILES tab.
For Environmental Sciences Program, please see the "Program_Environment.pdf" in the FILES tab, and
For Information Technologies Program, please see the "Program_IT.pdf" in the FILES tab.

Also, for a brief introduction please see the "GHS_introduction.pdf" in the FILES tab.

Small group collaborative workspaces and presentation spaces
 Lightweight strong movable furniture offering multiple configuration of the space
 Collaborative reflection and design tools such as whiteboard walls, promethean table, etc.
 Coordinate grids on walls.
 Smart board(s)
 Promethean board
 Small group work areas/benches

NOTE FOR DELIVERABLES
o Introduce Concept
o Explanation of design process
o Key Design Elements / Features
o Plan drawing showing the new layout of the CREST and AgSci labs (1/8"=1' or 1/100)
o Demolishing plan (show what walls etc you need to remove/add) (1/8"=1' or 1/100)
o Sections (1/8"=1' or 1/100)
o One axonometric view (1/8"=1' or 1/100)
o Renderings (various views of your project)