Building Up, Breathing Easy: A Healthy Urban School
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The Josiah Quincy Upper School, located on a compact one-acre site in Boston's Chinatown, serves 650 middle and high school students while aiming for LEED Platinum certification. Designed to support a diverse community, the high-rise school maximizes interior and exterior space to provide both students and residents with health and sustainability benefits.
Join us on this tour to discover how the project achieved its equity, health, community engagement, and sustainability goals, creating an innovative learning environment despite the challenges of a constrained urban site.
The Josiah Quincy Upper School, located on a compact one-acre site in Boston's Chinatown, serves 650 middle and high school students while aiming for LEED Platinum certification. Designed to support a diverse community, the high-rise school maximizes interior and exterior space to provide both students and residents with health and sustainability benefits.
Join us on this tour to discover how the project achieved its equity, health, community engagement, and sustainability goals, creating an innovative learning environment despite the challenges of a constrained urban site.
Learning Objectives
- Find out how green roofs with contemplative gardens and outdoor classrooms can enhance student well-being and learning outcomes in urban environments.
- Explore strategies for fostering community pride and engagement within diverse urban areas, using Boston's Chinatown as a case study.
- Discuss key design approaches to improve indoor air quality and promote health in high-rise urban schools.
- Discover innovative structural solutions, such as the use of elevated multistory exterior trusses, to create large, column-free spaces in constrained urban settings.
- Pip Lewis
Principal - HMFH Architects - Bill Lovallo
Managing Principal - LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.