Architects:William Rawn Associates

Area:118000ft²

Year:2022

Photographs:Robert Benson

Manufacturers:Longboard,Armstrong Ceilings,Crossvile,Curtain Wall,Deer Isle Granite,Glen-Gery,Joseph Cohn & Son Tile and Terrazzo,Nemo

Lighting Consultant:Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

Interior Designer:Stefura Associates

Landscape Architect:Lemon Brooke, LLC.

Civil Engineer:Nitsch Engineering

Mechanical / Electrical Engineer:Rist-Frost Schumway Engineering

Structural Engineer:LeMessurier, LeMessurier Consultants

Category:High School

Principal In Charge:Sam Lasky

Project Architect And Manager:Andrew Jonic

Architect, Façade Design + Documentation:Dan Bielenin

Architect, Façade Documentation:Mark Borreliz

Architect, Interior Coordination + Documentation:Jeanne Carey

Food Service Consultant:Crabtree McGrath Associates, Inc.

City:Brookline

Country:United States

Text description provided by the architects. 22 Tappan Street is the most expansive component of the Brookline High School Expansion and Renovation project. This new five-story academic building serves 700 students with general use classrooms, physics labs, special education suites, collaboration spaces, a library, cafeteria, a 125-seat white box theatre, and administrative and support spaces.

The design of the building mirrors the ethos of the Brookline High School – that of openness, equality, and interdisciplinary collaboration. These values are expressed throughout the building. The front porch unifies the campus through a shared visual language and opens out to the public green space. The white box theater can spill out to the light and transparent cafeteria by means of a large barn door. Flexible classroom spaces are fitted with clerestory windows, providing natural light into adjacent corridors. The library and conference spaces are highly visible, with direct visual connections to the cafeteria and main circulation paths. Flexible collaboration spaces between classrooms offer informal group study and expanded classroom break-out spaces.

Engaging the Community — This project is the result of a highly inclusive design process with over 140 meetings with elected officials and boards, neighbors and residents, educators, and students. The 22 Tappan Building and STEM Wing Addition increase the capacity of the high school by 700 students, reflecting the city's vision of accommodating its growing student population in the coming years.

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