Project Tag: education
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Yorktown High School
Next-Level Training Starts Here
The new fieldhouse addition consists of a weight and conditioning room and a two-court gym with a fitness track. Two large, glass garage doors can be opened to connect the two spaces to one another.
State-of-the-Art Science Labs
The existing science labs were demolished and will be replaced by six new labs with a shared prep space, small group rooms, and storage space.
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Center Grove Innovation Center
Flexible STEM Labs Designed for Hands-On Discovery
The STEM lab spaces allow students to experiment, collaborate, and develop critical problem-solving skills in a flexible environment where furniture can be easily moved around depending on their needs.
A Dedicated Home for Robotics
The facility provides a permanent space for the Red Alert high school robotics team, with enough space to build their machines and store their robots. The team previously used the high school’s wood shop space and neighboring classrooms.
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3rd & Union Student Apartments
3rd & Union Blends Classic Limestone Architecture with Modern Student Amenities
Located in Indiana University’s Southeast Neighborhood, 3rd & Union provides students with a low-cost on-campus apartment option. The design blends traditional Gothic features with state-of-the-art amenities and sustainable design. The building features a limestone façade, steep roof with slate-look shingles, and a tunnel-like breezeway between its south and north wings.
Private Apartments and Shared Spaces Support a Living-Learning Community
The facility houses a combination of 102 one-bedroom and studio apartments designed to attract and retain upperclassmen and graduate students on campus. Each unit features a full kitchen, living area, bedroom, and private bathroom. The programming for the facility is rounded out with multipurpose spaces, a technology center, and laundry facilities that allow the building to facilitate a true living-learning community. In addition, the facility has two storage areas tucked into the exterior walls of the building providing complete shelter for bikes hanging on wall-mounted racks and a spacious recycling room conveniently located next to the exit.
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Imagination Lab
Open, Adaptable, and Connected
A Collaboration Corridor connects the Thinking Studios and the Lab. Flexible furniture provides options for various postures and group sizes as they work together to problem-solve, create, and learn. Operable glass partitions connect the corridor to the lab as well as connecting all of the thinking studios in order to create a large, open space supporting multiple functions.
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Bartlett Reflection Center
A Glass-Walled Gathering Room Designed to Inspire Dialogue and Connection
The Center is anchored by a glass-walled gathering room featuring a towering limestone fireplace that serves as a backdrop to group discussions, lectures, sermons, and events.
Academic and Reflective Spaces Enhanced by Outdoor Decks and Natural Surroundings
The building also includes a theological library and extensive outdoor deck areas in order to enjoy the surrounding environment.
A Sustainably Designed Building Integrating Regional Materials, Ecological Restoration, and Daylit Interiors
The small structure was designed sustainably to minimize its impact on the environment and its immediate environs. The building was constructed with natural, regional, and recycled materials. The site and adjacent habitat were restored with native Indiana plants and incorporate a natural rainwater treatment pond. The interior environments were designed to maximize natural light, views, human comfort, and controllability. CSO completed this project in conjunction with Lake Flato.
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Clearwater Elementary School
Vibrant Pathways to Learning
Colorful corridors lead to each learning neighborhood, consisting of a shared activity commons, 5 classrooms, and a learning lab courtyard.
A Stage for Every Occasion
The cafeteria includes a multi-purpose stage—perfect for performances, assemblies, and more. An operable partition between the cafeteria and gym can be opened for additional space when hosting larger groups.
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Marriott Hall
Student-Operated Restaurants Anchored by a Teaching Kitchen
The interior features a two-story dining space with a coffee bar and two student-operated restaurants: The John Purdue Room, a fine-dining restaurant in which students prepare and serve the food and manage the kitchen and dining room, and The Boiler Bistro, a quick-service restaurant where the food is cooked to order. These spaces are supported by the Teaching Kitchen, which functions as a lab as well as the main kitchen preparation area for the facility.
Culinary Instruction Anchored by a Live Teaching Kitchen
A 95-seat demonstration hall consists of a lecture room with a kitchen that is used to teach cooking classes.
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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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Willow Lake Elementary School
A multi-purpose stage supports performances and gatherings of all kinds.
For smaller events, one side of the stage opens up to the main lobby. For larger events, the opposite side of the stage opens up to the cafeteria.
Flexible Spaces for Growing Minds
Each five-classroom learning neighborhood—one per grade level—includes a central activity area.
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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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Joshi Performance Hall
Blending Acoustic Performance with Visual Warmth
Each element of the design supplements the integrated sound system, in order to achieve a harmonious balance of sound and “sparkle”. The formerly carpeted walls are now clad in rich wood paneling and acoustic diffusion systems which add physical and acoustical warmth to the space.
Sophisticated Textures and Color Create a Fully Immersive Experience
Deep red tapestry has been integrated into the side walls to add an air of sophistication to the space. All of the elements work together and create an experience for every patron, allowing them to be completely enveloped by the art being performed on stage.
A World‑Class Venue Designed for Performance, Education, and Recording
The performance hall provides a world class venue for chamber music, soloist, and small ensemble performances in addition to providing the use of state-of-the-art recording equipment for students and faculty.
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Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
An Iconic New Entry that Welcomes Fans and Elevates the Game-Day Experience
A new atrium space allows views between the entry and main concourse. This is the center of the new space and features a reinvented version of Athlete’s Hall and a panoramic window allowing views into the arena. The new arrival area supports existing traditions while offering a space for new traditions, events, and ceremonies to take place. The new entry is conveniently located, and visible escalators create a clear and efficient means for moving spectators through the space into the arena.
Premium Viewing Experience
A new Box Seat Club offers an exceptional viewing experience of events.
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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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Carmel & Clay Center Elementary Schools
Neighborhood-Style Learning
Grade-level neighborhoods consist of five classrooms with large glass doors that open to an activity commons space which overlooks a secure courtyard. Each pair of classrooms shares a small group room and cubby alcove for student storage.
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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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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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Cathedral Innovation Center
Informal Study Area Encourages Interaction and Connection
Previously, there were not spaces within the school that allowed for classes to break out into smaller groups or spaces to accommodate informal study sessions with direct access to instructors. A new study area now provides a space for students to break out of the adjacent classrooms to work on group projects and study after school as a group or individually.
Where STEM Learning Meets Real-World Innovation
The Innovation Center is home to modern STEM classrooms and laboratories for Cathedral’s Math & Science Academy, engineering and robotics programs, and more.
Enhancing Efficiency
In Cathedral’s previous traditional education model, the classroom and lab areas were separate spaces within the same classroom, forcing one of the areas to go unused. The new design accommodates multiple labs and classes at the same location, increasing collaboration and allowing for an increase in efficiency in new and existing spaces.
New Cafeteria Creates a Destination for Students
The Innovation Center also contains the relocated dining and kitchen space in the lower level, allowing students a more flexible approach to food service and more options to the traditional lunch period. An additional Café allows students to utilize a “grab-n-go” concept during the day.
CSO’s unwavering commitment to understanding Cathedral’s goals for the project resulted in an Innovation Center design which exceeded the school’s expectations. We could not have worked with a better team, They were responsive to our wants and needs, quick to respond, and extremely professional. The whole process was easy. “
–Grace Rodecap, Cathedral High School Director of Marketing
As quoted in Building Excellence Magazine
A New Front Door to Campus
The Innovation Center was designed and constructed as an addition to Kelly Hall. To acheive the square footage goals of the project, the existing main entry would need to be replaced.
Preserving Iconic History
Generations of Cathedral students and staff entered the building through the main entry in Kelly Hall. When it was determined that the addition would encompass the main entry, designers opted to retain the original entry and original access to Kelly Hall by incorporating it into the new design. The new addition incorporates a three-story open atrium between the old Kelly Hall and the architecture of the new addition. Exterior materials used on the addition are blonde brick (same used on SLC), glass, metal panel and stone veneer panels. The old limestone façade of Kelly Hall was preserved as a feature of the new, glass-enclosed front entrance.
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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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Homestead High School
Hands-On Learning
Cutting-edge new spaces support the school’s nationally ranked broadcasting program, featuring a state-of-the-art TV studio and radio studio. Plus, brand-new classrooms are designed to elevate the culinary arts program.
Athletic Improvements
The athletic wing of the building includes a 3,000 seat competition gym, four auxiliary gyms, and a state-of-the-art weight room. Also included in the project was a new locker room building for the football stadium and three baseball fields.
Built for the Spotlight
The new performing arts wing includes a 1,000 seat auditorium, a large lobby space for events, a black box theater, dance studio, and new rooms for choir, band, and orchestra.
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Noblesville High School
Expanding CTE Opportunities
The new addition enables Noblesville High School to expand its in-house Career and Technical Education offerings with new classrooms for Engineering, Robotics/Automation, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), and Biomedical Science courses. Also included in the expansion is a new welding lab and a 5,000 square foot construction lab.
Beyond the Classroom
Throughout the addition, small group rooms and flexible seating areas support collaboration and group work.
New Dining Option for Juniors and Seniors
A grab-and-go Bistro provides upper-level students with a college-style dining option along with new seating areas for students seeking a quieter dining environment outside of the school’s cafeteria.
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Silver Creek High School
CTE Spaces Empower Real-World Learning
Capitalizing on a desire to expand elective course offerings, new specialty areas were added to accommodate TV/Radio, Project Lead the Way (PLTW), Culinary Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Art programs. These spaces offer crucial support for the Silver Creek Career Academy Program.
Culinary Arts
A new, state‑of‑the‑art culinary lab supports the high school’s robust Culinary Arts program, featuring Advanced Foods & Nutrition and a Culinary Arts/Hospitality pathway. These offerings provide essential life skills while preparing students for continued education and careers in the culinary field.
Project Lead the Way programs offer hands-on, real-world STEM learning.
New STEM labs help prepare students for careers in engineering, biomedical sciences, and computer science.
A Cohesive Design Supporting School Pride
The new addition stretches across the front of the building, establishing an inviting new entrance visible from the main road into town and proudly displaying Silver Creek’s blues and electric orange. These exterior colors and materials are repeated within the new main interior lobby, connecting the exterior and interior design.
Touches of orange and blue throughout the school create a unique sense of place and ensure there would be no question you were at Silver Creek High School.
Flexible Learning Spaces Designed to Promote Connection, Creativity, and Student Engagement
Collaborative flex spaces were located throughout the building to accommodate new learning styles. Adaptable furniture supports collaborative work, independent study, and social connection, while strategically placed study rooms and breakout spaces encourage small-group engagement and evolving teaching styles.
Athletic Improvements
The project included a brand new football stadium as well as new turf baseball and softball fields.
Theater and Performing Arts
The additions and renovations at Silver Creek expanded performing arts facilities to provide the first purpose-built band room, choir room, and state of the art auditorium.
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