Independent Engineering and Commissioning Agent - Driscoll School Project

The design consists of a four-story structure, measured from the grade at Washington Street with an additional basement level which includes the athletics suite with the 6,000 square-foot gymnasium and associated athletic facilities. The project is a developed version of the “Modified Star” massing alternative recommended for development by the School Building Committee in the Feasibility Study phase. This alternative was preferred because of its flexible and appropriate organization of complementary site space, its definition of the Washington Street frontage, its minimization of massing on Westbourne Terrace, and its generous expansion of additional open space which would be of great benefit to the students and community. Finally, the typical radiating floor plan exemplifies the District’s educational vision through the conjoining of its educational subcommunity wings into a central shared visible Learning Commons/Cafeteria.