Highland Hall Waldorf School
Northridge, California
Campus-wide Master Plan and New Studio Theater
Size: 11 acre hillside campus, 150 seat theater
Services: Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Sustainable Design Services
Project Description: Harley Ellis Devereaux provided comprehensive Master Planning services to Highland Hall Waldorf School. Through various meetings and workshops, several key projects were identified as future goals for the campus. The first phase is the construction of a new flat floor studio theater with 200 seats in a flexible configuration. The project includes innovative sustainable features including displacement ventilation and night flushing. Other future projects identified include: New Science Lab Building, New Eurythmy / Dance Room, New Gymnasium, New two story Classroom Building and New Music Rehearsal Space. Sustainable items including: gray water collection, photovoltaic arrays, pervious concrete, and organic garden plots. The fully realized Master Plan was designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
"The architecture needs to embrace the child so that learning can happen."
Bari Borsky, Highland Hall-
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"We are consistently trying to bring the children into a closer relationship with the environment. If we can do that also in the school that houses the teaching then we are giving them a double message, both verbally with the curriculum and non-verbally with the building and the environment we house them in." Elizabeth Seward, Ph.D
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