Don Ross Middle School student population is growing and the school sought to innovate and optimize space within the existing building. A fast track project, with only four months for design and construction, the consultant team worked with a modular wall company to manufacture the walls concurrent with hazmat abatement of the existing space.

studioHuB architects designed a transformation of three oversized classrooms and corridor space, based on 21 Century Learning Principles, into a teacher collaboration space, four classrooms, quiet study and a central learning commons. The adjacent boys and girls washrooms were also re-configured into one large gender neutral washroom.

The new space provides a much needed modern learning environment in the aging 1950s middle school, and allows the school district to test out a more flexible furniture solution as well as project based learning. Completed 2019.