1 AIA LU|HSW Available
Join AIA Bend for a tour by BBT Architects of Caldera High School, 60925 SE 15th in Bend
Meet at the main school entrance off 15th Street. Masks may be required by the venue.
Free for AIA members and those who don’t want CEU. $15 for non-members who want CEU.
Registration Closes on Thursday, March 24 at 6pm.
FACILITY OVERVIEW
Caldera High School provides a flexible, welcoming, and innovative learning environment that prepares students to think critically and positively engage in society. It is a place where students, staff, and the larger community can feel safe and connected. The spaces thoughtfully reflect access and equity as core values, empowering each student to interact purposefully with each other and their communities.
This “school of the future” features adaptable, functional spaces that meet the diverse needs in the present and can respond to educational innovations in the future. The building contains a variety of engaging spaces that stimulate deep learning, helping students discover their passions, and become independent learners that are prepared for success in college, careers and life.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Participants will learn how BIM modeling was used on this complex project to allow for 80% of all piping and ductwork to be pre-fabricated off-site allowing for expedited installations and maintaining the project schedule. Furthermore, participants can learn how other materials whose lead times were affected by COVID were expedited through a unique owner/contractor approach.
Learning Objective 2:
Participants will be able to evaluate how the design promotes a positive student experience with intentional scales of interaction, especially in common areas and the media center that “push” students into the open spaces where collaboration can happen; the promotion of “school pride” culture and identity, developed from the early stages of the planning process; and open, transparent places, with a wide array of student showcase areas, allow the school to promote and encourage passive and active interest and exploration in independent studies.
Learning Objective 3:
Participants will learn about the the emphasis on student and staff safety, with features like timed locking doors and secure vestibules, as well as transparency and open floor plans that allow visual connection and supervision.
Learning Objective 4:
Participants will see how solar control, aimed at maximum comfort for building inhabitants, was a crucial element of passive solar design including strategies for reducing heat gain and glare with roof overhangs and horizontal sun shades. Other strategies include optimized indirect light and natural ventilation through building and window positioning.