Project Details
- Project Name
- Baltimore Design School
- Location
-
1500 Barclay St.
MD ,United States
- Architect
- Ziger|Snead Architects
- Client/Owner
- Baltimore Design School
- Project Types
-
Cultural ,Infrastructure
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 115,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2013
- Awards
- 2014 AIA - National Awards
- Shared by
- Hanley Wood LLC
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $18,975,000
Project Description
Baltimore Design School is a new Baltimore City Public combined middle and high school with a focus on Fashion Design, Architectural Design, and Graphic Design.
The new $19 million, 115,000-square foot school is created from an abandoned historic factory building. The building’s transformation from blight to a state-of-the-art facility within the confines of a minimal budget demonstrates the power of design through best practices for historic renovation, adaptive reuse, educational design, and sustainable design.
A driving force in creating the Baltimore Design School was the desire to develop creativity and design-informed critical thinking skills for public school students. The design team collaborated closely with the school Board and curriculum advisors to create a building that supports the mission to cultivate students who see problems that need new solutions, who envision possibilities, and who imagine a better world.
