The new Eagle Hill PJM STEM Center for this grade 8-12 school had five primary goals: 1. Enhance the experience of the existing academic core and weave the existing building fabric into the new, improved spaces for STEM subjects, 2. Create flexible lecture, collaboration and project spaces throughout to foster experimentation and innovation, 3. Strengthen connections to the arts, 4. Promote impromptu interactions along students’ common path of travel, 5. Put learning on display ARC developed the design of the new STEM building in close collaboration with the client. Together, the team worked to develop clear physical and visual connections throughout the project and foster opportunities for interaction, collaboration and visible learning. Sited on a hill, the new STEM building is 28,300 SF on three levels and consists of chemistry and physical science labs, as well as library, learning commons and maker spaces. The existing 11,000 SF, single-level Greenwich Academic Building is renovated to include biology labs and a redefined math core. The project also includes focused renovations of adjacent buildings to knit the entire academic core together. Linkages between the buildings were considerations during the planning and design effort, as was the goal of highlighting "learning by doing" to visitors when they arrive on campus.

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