HKIT has provided multiple facilities and created a vital campus for Making Waves Charter School over the last decade. This includes adaptively reusing an existing light building into a middle school (grades 5-8) for 320 students from the City of Richmond. The school includes classrooms, a library, multi-use spaces, science and language labs. The existing parking area was converted to outdoor gathering and play spaces, including basketball courts and a turf field. HKIT’s design addresses the challenging task of adapting a commercial building to suit an educational use: dynamic interior volumes, transparency, and double height spaces create ample opportunities for students to fully occupy the building, interacting with faculty and with each other. HKIT also completed Phase II which includes the design of a two-story classroom building to accommodate the program growth to 5-12 grades and an additional 400 students.
Location: Richmond, CA
Size: 720 students
Total Gross Building
Area:
98,400 sf (both buildings)
Owner: Making Waves Academy
HKIT has provided multiple facilities and created a vital campus for Making Waves Charter School over the last decade. This includes adaptively reusing an existing light building into a middle school (grades 5-8) for 320 students from the City of Richmond. The school includes classrooms, a library, multi-use spaces, science and language labs. The existing parking area was converted to outdoor gathering and play spaces, including basketball courts and a turf field. HKIT’s design addresses the challenging task of adapting a commercial building to suit an educational use: dynamic interior volumes, transparency, and double height spaces create ample opportunities for students to fully occupy the building, interacting with faculty and with each other. HKIT also completed Phase II which includes the design of a two-story classroom building to accommodate the program growth to 5-12 grades and an additional 400 students.
Location:
Richmond, CA
Size: 720 students
Total Gross Building
Area:
98,400 sf (both buildings)
Owner: Making Waves Academy