Project Tag: classrooms
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BMW Group Training Center
Function-Specific Training Spaces with Classrooms, Workshops, and Support Areas
The training areas are set up to train for specific functions, and each includes a classroom for theoretical instruction, practical training workshop areas, equipment prep, and storage area. Additionally, there is office space and conference areas for full-time personnel, and a break room with seating for 60.
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Warren Central High School
Commercial-Grade Culinary Lab and Renovated Bistro Elevate Culinary Training
A new culinary lab featuring stainless steel appliances, commercial-grade workspaces, and integrated technology that allows workstations and the demonstration area to be displayed on monitors with flexible camera configurations.
The student-run restaurant, The Warrior Eastro, received a complete renovation with vibrant wall graphics, updated finishes, a wood slat ceiling/wall system, and an expanded storefront for increased natural light. A large-group instruction room and culinary classroom replaced former offices and a lecture room, featuring a vertical lift door for flexible space usage.
Student-Run Restaurant Offers Real-World Experience
The Warrior Eastro is staffed by students of the Culinary and Pastry programs and serves lunch to staff and the community two days each week.
A renovated and expanded salon and new barbershop feature a design that rivals real-world salons.
Cosmetology students provide a wide range of services to the public, staff, and students—including manicures, facials, and haircuts/styling.
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Westfield Admin & Early Learning
Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center
Due to the popularity of the early learning programs and Westfield’s rapidly growing population, WWS recently added 13 new classrooms and a 4,800 sf multipurpose room to serve nearly double the amount of children.
Westfield Washington Schools Administration Center
On the east end of the building, offices, conference rooms, and a large board room support district administration.
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Johnson Early Education Center
Where Early Learning Thrives
The design introduced ten new classrooms tailored to early childhood development for children aged six weeks to three years.
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Southeastern Elementary School
Form Meets Function
A flexible central commons opens into the Discovery Center through a wide hallway lined with built-in cubbies. The two-story Discovery Center is filled with natural light and looks out onto one of the three outdoor learning studios.
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Guilford Elementary School
Wayfinding Through Color
The design utilizes three color palettes—red, green, and blue—to distinguish each of the three academic wings.
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Deer Creek Elementary School
Built for Flexible Collaboration
Flexible collaboration was achieved through grade-level learning communities, with six classrooms surrounding a multifunctional activity commons. This activity commons serves as a space for STEM activities, grade-level presentations, indoor recess, push-in remediation, and more.
Connected to each activity commons, an outdoor courtyard or balcony offers an additional learning environment.
Designed to Adapt
An operable wall connects the gymnasium and cafeteria, creating a large gathering space when opened or maintaining separation of spaces for lunchtime and P.E. classes when closed.
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Health Sciences Building
A Forward‑Looking Facility Designed for Adaptability, Visibility, and Connection
The building design presents a transparent, flexible concept that allows for current and future needs of the programs housed within. The building’s prominent location creates an ideal venue for an outdoor seating and interaction area adjacent to the indoor café.
Bringing Health Science Programs Together in a Shared, Collaborative Learning Hub
The building consolidates several departments into a collaborative and integrated learning environment that promotes intellectual and social interaction among students and faculty. Included in the design are teaching spaces, faculty areas, research labs, and wellness-related areas for the physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, kinesiology, and psychology programs.
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Honors College and Residences
Where Research, Active Learning, and Innovation Converge
The academic spaces consist of approximately 40,000 square feet to accommodate faculty and staff offices, classrooms, innovation space, and study spaces. Learning and leadership opportunities include a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and agriculture, math) research lab, active learning studios, and an Innovation Forum – featuring an interactive, programmable floor – provides a showcase for student projects.
STEAM Research Lab
A dedicated STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and agriculture, math) research lab is thoughtfully designed to foster experiential learning, innovation, and leadership.
The Great Hall Stands at the Center of the Honors College Experience
The “Great Hall”, a flexible space that can be configured to seat more than 400 for lectures, presentations, and events, is the centerpiece of the Honors College. The space is located in the center of the community with access to a primary campus path and greenspace.
Living Learning Community Designed for Connection
The two buildings that make up the community – each with academic space and residential space – are located within the University’s “student success corridor.” Over 800 students live in clusters of roughly 24 students in pod configurations complemented by community and social areas designed to foster informal interaction and collaboration.
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Tri-North Middle School
A Central, Dynamic Student Commons
In place of a standard cafeteria, a large student commons serves multiple purposes throughout the day as a gathering space for students before and after school, an event space, or an instructional space during school hours.
Learning on Display
STEM labs overlook the Student Commons with foldable glass doors that open up to connect the two spaces.
Designed for Maximum Flexibility
A multi-purpose performance / large group instruction space features retractable theater seating and padded athletic flooring, allowing the space to be used for overflow from the main gym, large student gatherings, or community events.
Sustainability in Action
Sustainable design is integrated throughout the building with features such as a solar array, geothermal heat pump system, locally-sourced Indiana limestone, low-E windows, and a digital display that allows students to track energy consumption in real time.
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MADE@Plainfield
A Two‑Story Central Lobby Welcomes Tenants
and Showcases LearningThe two-story lobby at the main entrance is positioned at the building’s center to provide easy access for all tenants. The lobby is branded as MADE@Plainfield and features a reception desk, restrooms and dining area, offering direct views into both the flex lab and robotics lab for visitors.
Light‑Filled Corridors Support Study and Collaboration
The main public corridors extend along the two window walls and incorporate the study and collaboration areas positioned along the outside walls. Natural light and exterior views make these inviting spaces for students.
Interior Windows Bring Daylight into Classrooms
Natural light also floods into the adjacent classrooms spaces along the other side of these corridors though their interior windows. Large lab spaces are positioned behind the classrooms, allowing classrooms to have a direct connection.
The project’s success comes from its unified appearance while at the same time meeting the individual needs of a diverse group of stakeholders.
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Lacy School of Business
Open, Visible Spaces That Spark Creative Collisions
The design provides visibility by creating transparent spaces that invite participation in central locations around the multi-story atrium at the heart of the building. In addition, the central, broad, open stairs and generous balconies encourage creative collisions as students, faculty, and visitors move and interact throughout the building.
A Hub Where Learning, Business, and Collaboration Converge
The Innovation Commons, which opens onto the central atrium, is equipped for students to start and run their own businesses as well as a wide range of other types of experiential learning. The Centers, distributed around the main level, provide space where business professionals, faculty, and students work together to solve business challenges. Glass overhead doors open to connect to the atrium and convey the importance and vitality of that work to the school and its guests.
A Legacy Woven into the Building: The Story of Andre B. Lacy
The Butler Business School is named in honor of Andre B. Lacy, a local, successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as a committed family man and daring adventurer. CSO’s design honored his life with a series of installations that incorporate a collection of custom-designed icons representing his many facets. The icons appear throughout the building as design elements in areas such as the rug in the main atrium and small medallions that are hidden throughout the building.
A Timeline of Growth, Purpose, and Possibility
A timeline of Andre Lacy’s life takes the form of 25 envelopes, connecting his first job in a mailroom and the endowment gift, reminding students that their humble beginnings can build to something great.
Design Details That Carry Memory, Craft, and Continuity
The design team also featured objects that were important to Lacy – the time clock Lacy once used to clock into his job and the motorcycle he rode across continents. These were both gifts from the family who were intimate collaborators on the project.
The conference table in the board room adjacent to the Dean’s office features the Lacy family knot and is a duplication of a table that exists at Lacy’s corporate headquarters.
A New Landmark Shaping the Heart of the Campus
Located in a prominent place on the campus, visible from the east entrance, the building completes the cross axis of the original campus masterplan. The building’s vertical towers and active silhouette reflect the characteristics of the much-loved historic campus. The building replaces a parking lot and defines the intersection of the two major green spaces at the center of the campus. CSO completed this project in collaboration with Goody Clancy.
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Moravec Hall
Integrated Classrooms, Labs, and Student Support Spaces
In addition to classrooms and laboratories, this two-story facility contains a student commons, offices for enrollment and advising services, as well as administrative spaces.
Hands‑On Learning for Healthcare and Technical Fields
The academic courses at this campus focus on healthcare sectors, including nursing, dental assisting, medical assisting, phlebotomy, and surgical tech with labs for health science and visual communication programs as well as a flight simulator for the aviation program.
A Central Social Stair Connecting Learning and Collaboration
The building design revolves around a central, two-story spine that has a social stair as its focus. This is not only a communicating stair but provides intermediate landings for study and collaboration. Above the social stair are three large roof monitors which provide ample daylight to the center of the building.
Student Commons and Community Room Support Campus Events
The stair anchors a large Student Commons on the first floor, which is used for a variety of college events. Immediately adjacent to the Commons is a 156-seat Community Room, which has sliding doors on the corner allowing these spaces to be combined for larger events.
CSO collaborated with IwamotoScott Architecture on the design of this project. Design for the project started in February 2020 and continued uninterrupted through the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most of the design, approval and documentation was conducted remotely. Ivy Tech contracted directly with CSO for architect-of-record, engineering and furniture selection & procurement services then selected IwamotoScott Architecture via a design competition sponsored by the Cummins Foundation. This project was part of grant funded by the Cummins Foundation Architectural Program in 2019.
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Columbus North High School
Strategic Entry Designed for Safety and Flexibility
The main entrance, previously located on the south side of the building, was relocated to the north addition. The clearly identifiable, secure entry strategically creates a division between the new cafeteria and the administration area. This arrangement allows for secure, public access to the cafeteria in the evenings when needed.
Built for Teamwork, Connection, and Discovery
One of the primary goals identified was to create teacher and student areas that inspire creativity, collaboration, problem solving and innovation. This was achieved by designing Resource Areas located in the center of the Academic portions of the building along the main circulation spine. Flexible furniture within the classrooms provides additional opportunities for collaboration.
From the Classroom to Center Stage
New Performing Arts spaces offer much needed acoustics, storage, and larger classroom spaces to accommodate the popular show choir, orchestra, and jazz programs.
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Center Grove High School
Flexible Spaces for Student Connection
New informal student learning areas throughout the building provide students with multiple venues and opportunities for collaboration.
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Westfield High School
Distributed Dining Options
A variety of new food serving areas are spread throughout the school, giving students more choice and flexibility about where they eat. These dining options—from a café, to outdoor courtyards or the large gathering stair—allow students to choose the environment that’s right for them.
Growing Demand for Career-Ready Programs
New state-of-the-art culinary spaces and a new construction lab support WHS’s goal of ensuring all students are life ready upon graduation.
Room to Perform and Room to Grow.
Renovations and additions added new band, orchestra, and choir spaces along with new storage options to accommodate growing performing arts programs.
Former Pool Repurposed as a Wellness Center
When WWS opened their new centralized aquatic center, it created an opportunity to turn the previous pool at the high school into a space that serves not only their athletes but their burgeoning fitness and wellness course offerings as well.
The new space was outfitted with the latest in fitness and weight lifting equipment, a large cardio room, and 40 yards of synthetic turf for indoor drills and exercises.
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