Projects

Sinarmas World Academy – Indonesia
The idea of the school grew from a vision of Indah Wijaya who understands that education has long been recognized as the key to improving life – both for individuals, families and society. We all seek to provide the best education that we can. In today’s rapidly changing world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to know exactly what sort of education is needed to prepare our children for a world where many of the industries or jobs they will work in do not yet exist. This requires specific skills and attitudes that are not part of many contemporary school curriculums. John Dewey captured this thought in his quote “If we teach our children as we did yesterday, we rob them of the future.”

Douglas Park School – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Douglas Park School is one of four new Canadian schools crafted to nurture Creative Age learners and support Regina Public School’s Structural Innovation initiative. FNI served as Planner and Design Architect, and the firm Number Ten served as Executive Architect for this school that accommodates 400 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. The facility includes a Developmental Centre, designed to help students with special needs integrate more fluidly with the rest of the student population. The design also contains site considerations for possible expansion to the east and west for a future daycare centre, as well as the potential for increased learning space should the population grow beyond the Ministry’s projections.

From the beginning, administrators, teachers, parents, students and community input has been essential to the design process. To kick off the project, FNI held an interactive presentation that shared best practice models and FNI projects from around the world that illustrate key features and design principles for 21st century learning environments. This laid the foundation for the visioning workshops that followed. The new Douglas Park School promises to be a beacon for the community, and an inspiring place for teachers and students to work and learn.

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School: Elementary Campus – Gainesville, Florida
The P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School is a unique & progressive community on a beautifully wooded site. The school’s prized possession is their Tumblin’ Creek, which is not only the heart of the campus but also a threshold between the primary and secondary campuses. The elementary school will be situated alongside the creek, taking advantage of the views and the shade from the existing, mature trees. The main drop-off point will be at the north side of the campus, students will then descend down ramps and stairs, following the site’s topography, to the main entrance that is at the center of the school. The double-height main entrance commons is open & welcoming, connecting all three of the Small Learning Communities: Kindergarten & 1st Grade (ground level west wing), 2nd & 3rd Grades (ground level east wing), and 4th & 5th Grades (second level). The focus of the school’s design is to be respectful to the beautiful site that it sits on and to strive towards the highest environmental sustainable standards.

Scotch Oakburn College, Middle School – Launceston, Tasmania
The largest of Scotch Oakburn College’s three major building projects since 2005 is a new Middle School for years 6, 7 and 8. Middle-years education has been a focus for Scotch Oakburn College for several years and this building is a physical representation of the school’s philosophy on education for students in this age group (11-14).

Medford Elementary Schools – Medford, Oregon
Four aging elementary schools in Medford, Oregon were re-built to adapt to the demands of a studentcentered creative age. Roosevelt and Jackson Elementary Schools are featured here. The schools each accommodate approximately 428 students in 57,000 SF. FNI served as the planner and design consultant in 2007. Construction was completed in January, 2010.

International School of Brussels – Brussels, Belgium
Pre-K-12th Grade IB School in Brussels, Belgium for 1400 students
The new campus plan builds on the celebrated traditions of ISB (one of the top IB schools in the world), while adding a new central green that unifies older buildings, new state-of-the art facilities, and the forest.
Located on the opposite side of the Central Learning Quad from the 19th century Chateau, a new Visual and Performing Arts and Innova­tion Center will set off creative sparks between the solid symmetry of the Chateau and the dy­namic movement of the new buildings. Fronting the Quad, a new center for life-long fitness will solidify ISB as one of the top schools athletic centers globally.

International School of Brussels Pilot High School – Brussels, Belgium
The pilot High School is a temporary High School housed in an industrial three story 1960’s building and an annex. Teachers and students will have the opportunity to use this new space as a testing grounds for the Common Ground Curriculum for two years before they move into the New High School.

The remodel was designed with evolution in mind. Interior walls can be easily removed if the school wants to start using the Commons even more to support multiple learning modalities. When the Elementary School is demolished to begin new construction, walls can be opened up even more and the building can continue to serve as a testing grounds.

Bloomfield Hills High School – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Design Objectives

• Provide space for consolidated population (1650 students)
• Master Plan, where the community can decide how much to build and when
• Create a baseline design that maximizes value and supports comprehensive curriculum and co-curriculars
• Make the most of the existing; expand and enhance with the new
• Additional design options and packages can further enhance programming
• Provide a learning environment that facilitates the District’s educational Strategic Plan:
• Educational experiences that build “21st century innovation and creativity skills,”
• “leverage instructional technology to foster collaboration and personalization.”
• Create a place that brings the community together

American School of Bombay: Primary – Mumbai, India
FNI was selected as the Planning and Education Consultant and Design Architect for American School of Bombay’s (ASB) new Elementary School and for the renovation of their existing campus in the Bandra Kurla district. ASB is one of India’s leading educational institutions in the country and caters to a diverse international student body.
ASB’s existing campus was bursting at the seams with a long waiting list, so they purchased an 80,000 square foot, six story tower in the Kohinoor Township to house the Elementary School. Working closely with the school stakeholders FNI created a world class environment for elementary school students. Instead of classrooms with four walls, “home pods” made of two moveable walls of cabinets on casters created agile and adaptable spaces for learning. There are commons areas, cafes, outdoor learning terraces and satellite libraries on every floor.

American School of Bombay: Secondary – Mumbai, India
Middle School & High School
Renovations and Expansion of the Main Campus

Al Batinah International School – Sohar, Oman
Fielding Nair International (FNI) has finished the master plan and is currently developing the design for Al Batinah International School’s expansion from 150 K-12 students in two phases to create an ecologically sustainable yet verdant campus with a village-like feel for 1100 Expatriate and Omani students that prepares them for the challenges of the 21st Century. Their school is a 1:1 ipad school in which learners move seamlessly from one learning modality to another.
The design is a response to the school’s wishes for learning spaces that are flexible enough to be re-purposed from year to year for students at different levels on the path of the continuum of learning. It is also a response to the leadership’s wish to create a campus in which the whole environment is a learning landscape that makes learning real and relevant to students and raises their awareness of today’s environmental issues and how they can make a difference for the future.
Omani & Expatriate Learning Communities are housed in prototype buildings that respond to their different educational needs. Both communities will share the Grade 11-12 building, Da Vinci Arts & Science Center, Amphitheater and all Sports Facilities and play areas.

Hillel School of Tampa – Tampa, Florida
Hillel School of Tampa is a Jewish Day School with a strong commitment to preparing students to become knowledgeable, active members of society.
Over time, as the school’s education began to shift towards a more progressive, student-centered and personalized model, the old buildings in which the school was housed no longer served the needs of teachers and students.
However, in a difficult economy, renovation funds for this small private school were hard to come by. Fielding Nair International’s President Prakash Nair is a parent at the school and volunteered the firm’s design services to Hillel to create a truly world class 21^st century learning environment. The images in this presentation show “Before” and “After” pictures showing the transformed intermediate school (2^nd thru 5^th grades) that was accomplished in record time with a minimal investment of funds.

Shorecrest Preparatory School, Early Childhood Center – Florida

International School of Vietnam – Hanoi, Vietnam
International School of Vietnam (ISV) will be the first Vietnamese backed International school in the country located in the beautiful Hoang Mai district. This is one reason the design as been shaped to weave Vietnam’s ethos into a 197,000 square foot modern building so that foreign students can enjoy a truly memorable learning experience in a unique environment that awakens their sense of wonder. This school project is a labor of love for Tuan Duc Ltd., a successful real estate development company for the past twenty years that creates sustainable projects. ISV’s 21st Century educational curriculum will be supported by interior and exterior spaces, which have been designed flexibly to allow for the evolution of world-class education. ISV will be lead by Head of School Elizabeth Loadwick who has over thirty years of experience as a teacher and Principal at various IB Schools both in Australia and the Middle East. She holds a Master’s degree in Education specializing in Special Needs education and works with the IB as an authorization visitor.

Poughkeepsie Day School – Poughkeepsie, New York

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School: Secondary Campus – Gainesville, Florida
The Site Plan for P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School features a multitude a learning opportunities throughout the campus – promoting learning ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. A central Market Place connects the three buildings by providing an area for student enterprising kiosks, a performance tent, cafe seating and areas for casual class meetings. The area is also directly adjacent to the outdoor cafeteria seating at the Global Learning Center. On the northeast side of the Small Learning Communities building, a learning garden and outdoor teaching kitchen provides a excellent opportunity for students to learn by doing. Nearby, a kiosk tells the story about the creek and is outfitted to allow for science experiments, such as water testing. A large deck on the west side of the Small Learning Communities building follows the creek and allows for excellent opportunities for outdoor learning.

Duke School – Durham, North Carolina
The Duke School project represents a rare opportunity to create an educational environment that truly reflects a 21^st century personalized learning program. The project has the potential to marry an innovative academic Pre-K-8 program with an inventive educational environment, what we describe as a ‘10/10’ – a ‘10’ in terms of educational philosophy, and a ‘10’ in terms of school design. The strong school culture and continuous involvement of students, teachers and parents is unlike almost any project we’ve been involved with. Schools at their very best are learning communities, and it is our personal vision to offer a planning and design process that nurtures the highest values of that community. It has been, and continues to be, a joy and a privilege to assist Duke School in fulfilling their noble dream of providing the highest quality, and challenging learning environment for their children.

Seven Stones Community School – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Seven Stones Community Elementary School is one of six new schools in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada being designed by Fielding Nair International (FNI), all crafted to nurture Creative Age learners and support Regina Public School’s Structural Innovation initiative as well as being environmentally sound and LEED Canada Certified.

The design will accommodate up to 357 students ranging from Pre-Kindergarten through grade 8. The facility includes an Integrated Educational Learning Centre which has been designed to help mainstream special needs students more fluidly with the rest of the student population. A future Daycare Centre can be added next to the Gym.

Arcola Community School – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arcola Community Elementary School is one of four new schools in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada designed by Fielding Nair International and crafted to nurture Creative Age learners while supporting Regina Public School’s Structural Innovation initiative.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology – Alexandria, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA was ranked for three years in a row as America’s #1 High School by US News and World Report. The school was established in 1985 and is the result of a partnership of local businesses and schools working together. The specialized education provided at Jefferson is reflected in the newly designed facilities and curriculum developed by this partnership. FNI served as the Master Planner and Developed the Concept and Schematic Design for “TJ” in collaboration with BJU Architects.

North Central Shared Facility – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The proposed new facility in Regina’s North Central Neighbourhood builds on the vision developed by the community, and will be a “first” for Regina in two important ways:

• the first time such a wide range of community services have come together to build and manage a facility devoted to one urban community; and
• the first time that learning experiences will take place within shared community spaces.

The facility’s tenants will be much more than neighbours – they’ll be working partners in program delivery.

The Regina Trades and Skills Centre – Saskatchewan, Canada
The Regina Trades and Skills Centre (RTSC) was initiated in February 2007 as part of a larger goal of revitalizing Regina’s inner city neighborhood and, through a new approach, to better engage the youth in learning and the labor market. Through project based learning, students encounter “real world” experiences and learn practical trades, technical services and skills that they can use to begin work in their selected field. The facility has been designed with maximum flexibility to support the diversified types of instruction at the school. Its conceptual construction details have also been carefully considered to result in a minimum LEED Silver Standard.

Cayman Islands Projects
Planning & Design Consultation for 3 New High Schools + Long Range Master Planning for all Schools in the Country

• FNI is serving as the Planner and Design Consultant for 3 new high schools valued at US$140 million.
• FNI is also developing a long range Facilities Master Plan for the Cayman Islands
• Additional Services include: Study and recommendations on Tertiary Education Facilities, Vocational Education System
• FNI is doing an independent educational assessment of all the school facilities on all three islands
• FNI is also providing curriculum consulting, teacher training and educational commissioning across the school system

LAS Almaty Project
The ultimate result of the Leysin American School (LAS) Almaty project will be to have created the best school in Kazakhstan with every aspect of the facility exemplifying quality education.

The school will invigorate the community and make a dramatic statement, captivating the attention of all who drive by with both surprise and a monumental presence.

The project, designed by FNI (assisted by MHTN Architects), will propel Kazakhstan into the 21^st century, by creating a learning community entirely integrated within the larger community of Almaty, and furnishing it with the latest technologies, while promoting key principles of sustainable development and employing a faculty committed to a 21^st century approach to education.

George Town Primary School
The Georgetown design in the Cayman Islands is significant because it is the ultimate confluence of the most forward-thinking ideas in both education and educational architecture for a primary school.

Middletown Public Schools Forest Avenue Elementary School Pilot Project

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and Urban Ventures Community Athletic Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Cristo Rey education model is like no other and has been remarkably successful in its mission. Every graduating senior at the school’s pioneering Chicago campus was admitted to college — a remarkable achievement when you consider that many of the school’s students are the first in their families to graduate from high school. Click here for the 60 Minutes Story about this special school. (http://www.cristorey.net/)

The Cristo Rey model is built on the concept of providing a top-notch education that is largely funded by income that the students earn in real white collar corporate jobs in the City. Not only does this model provide a level of hands-on learning that is unprecedented in most school systems, but it also provides a solid source of financing that the school can then use to subsidize the students’ education.

The innovation continues in Minneapolis with the new Twin Cities Cristo Rey Jesuit High School forming a partnership with the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center. This complex provides students with access to an extended network of corporate/school internships, arts and civic partnerships on one urban campus.

Porirua College – New Zealand
Porirua College is a small high school with big ambition. Over the next three years, it is set to become a flagship facility for 21^st Century Learning in New Zealand. FNI is serving as Educational Facilities Planner along with architects Opus and managers Octa Associates.

Porirua is a region known for its diversity: the community comprises largely Pasifika (Pacific Islanders) and Maori families. It is also a region with high rates of unemployment, low income, and low rates of university (college) attendance.

“Building Futures” Projects – Victoria, Australia
In Australia, the Victorian Government’s Building Futures funding initiative has spawned a number of projects with Fielding Nair International involvement as Planning and Design Consultant. There has been growing recognition in Victoria that school stock built in the 1950s and 60s has exceeded its useful life and that reinvestment in school buildings must contribute to a marked improvement in student learning. Altogether, FNi is participating on 8 separate primary and secondary schools projects in three communities: Broadmeadows, Bendigo and Geelong. In this capacity, FNI is providing visioning and educational planning, developing concept designs and design effectiveness evaluations, and teacher professional development services. FNI has also begun work with several other Victorian communities on the Building Futures program.

Scotch Oakburn College – Launceston, Tasmania
Scotch Oakburn College (SOC) was created in 1979 with the amalgamation of Oakburn College and Scotch College. The amalgamation successfully brought together two fine traditions that stretch back to 1886 and 1901 respectively. The College has a long and significant connection with the history of the town of Launceston, Tasmania. This project involves a major capital investment by the College in its Penquite Campus and includes three distinct components: A New Health and Physical Education Center (HPC), A New Middle School and the refurbishment of the existing gymnasium building at the Robert Dean Center into a new Senior Student Center.
This project is significant in many ways. It is the first school in Australia to feature FNI’s signature “studios” – these include the DaVinci Studio, the Einstein Studio and the Julia Child Studio among others. The new HPC and Middle School are located on a dramatically steep site across the road from the main campus and offers magnificent vistas to the valley and hills beyond. The design also calls for a complex terracing arrangement. When it is completed, the new campus will firmly establish SOC as one of the world’s foremost leaders in education and innovation.

Horizons Phuket – Phuket, Thailand
Horizons Phuket, in Phuket, Thailand is not just a better community, it is the way of the future. Instead of developing the “best of the old”, The Horizons Educational Consulting Company has chosen to develop the “first of the new”. Instead of the familiar notion of developing “the school as community”, Horizons Phuket stands out as the first notable development worldwide which builds on the idea of “community as school”. Here, lifelong learning is more than a catchphrase, it is a philosophy that finds expression in every facet of the development. At Horizons Phuket, learning is everywhere and learning is for everyone. Every home in the community features a specially designed “Satellite Learning Center” that connects each and every resident, young and old alike, to a rich variety of learning resources within and outside the community. Each home is a natural extension of the learning community which contains four distinct components – A Pre-Primary Learning Center, Primary Years Learning Center, A Middle Years Learning Center and a Senior Learning Center. These are connected to other community-wide resources which include the Town Center, the Health, Fitness and Music/Performance Center, Enviro-Lake, Nature Walk and the Green Amphitheater – all shared elements with strong underlying learning themes that everyone gets to use. There is every expectation that this development will put Phuket on the global map once again – but this time for positive, life-affirming reasons.

Bower’s Academy – Bloomfield Hills School District,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bowers Academy is an alternative high school, founded for “at risk” students, located on the 90-acre Bower’s School Farm. Originally designed as a separate entity from the farm, the school decided to integrate itself into the farm to create a unique partnership after just one design workshop with FNI. This unique educational environment not only places students close to nature, but also offers a creative space for personal development. Students thrive in this small farm-school, balancing academic challenge with spaces for self-reflection and small class sizes.

Paideia Academy – Apple Valley, Minnesota
Completion : August 2005
The day after the charter for Paideia Academy was granted in February, 2005, they sent out 10,000 postcards telling the story of their vision to parents and prospective students. They found a building that until recently had housed five movie theaters, embarked on a thoughtful planning process and negotiated a deal with the landlord. Just a few months later, in August 2005, the school launched with immediate success. Each day begins with an all-school meeting in the central atrium, which features a grand piano (the school has a partnership with a prestigious music institution). Already, the school boasts a healthy waiting list.

Paideia Academy was designed and renovated 3 times faster and cost less than 1/2 the budget of a typical school. Tona is spending more time dancing again, Erik is singing in the choir, and their children are flourishing like plants in a greenhouse. Laura Porter-Jones, Director, said “The school is absolutely beautiful – in 15 years I have never been privileged to work in a facility half as lovely as this one. Thank you!”

Morriss Center High School – Bridgehampton, NY
Completion: 2007
Set on beautiful farmland adjacent to an existing elementary and middle school, the new high school will be a model for new paradigm education. The school facility design will be research-based, community driven, environmentally sensitive and fiscally responsible.

East Side High School – Newark, NJ
Completion: 2007
This $65 million project is really four thematic academies – science & health, humanities, business & technology and communications & law. The school will feature various innovative approaches to school design and be constructed with close attention paid to high performance principles.

Yeshiva Elementary School – Milwaukee, WI
Impact on Learning and Honor Awards 2002. A private K-8 school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Described in a review by critic Whitney Gould as "a child’s dream."

Kindergarten Development Center – Qatar
Completion: 2006
This project will be a model, world-class kindergarten facility and also serve as a training center for teachers. It will feature L-shaped classrooms with various activity-centers and a seamless connection between indoors and outdoors.

Advanced Learning Environment Modules
Completion: 2005
These modules are far superior to traditional temporary space because they are developed from the ground up to be the best possible environments for learning. The modules can also be combined to create complete schools that can be operational from planning to occupancy in about six months. They have tremendous flexibility and can be configured for use by any school population. A variety of purchase and leasing options are available.

Goa International School – Goa, India
Completion: 2006
To be set on 50 acres along Goa’s beautiful beachfront, GIS will be one of India’s premier educational institutions. FNI is serving as the school’s planning and design consultants. We are collaborating on this project with Indian Architects Dennis Coelho and Associates and the Auroville Building Center – Suhasini Ayer – Architect.

High School for Recording Arts (Hip Hop High) – St. Paul, MN
Completion: 2002
A public charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota. A high school about hope, hip-hop and lifelong learning.

Avalon School – St. Paul, MN
Designed for Project-Based Learning. A public charter high school in St. Paul, Minnesota, designed for collaborative learning.

Reece High School – Devenport, Tasmania, Australia
Merit Award 2002
Winner, McConnell Award 2003
Completion: January 2003
Special Features: Floor plans for this 600-student school demonstrate real flexibility and program integration instead of 20th century “bells and cells”. This new school is explicitly designed to accommodate project-based learning and is a real attempt to integrate education with architecture. Imagine having the ability to recreate the classroom environment whenever appropriate to fit any desired instructional strategy – that is indeed the way this school is designed. The innovative ideas embodied in this school design have been incorporated into statewide policies.

Great River School – St. Paul, MN
Completion: 2004
The first Montessori High School in Minnesota is also a “St. Paul Star School,” supported by the Hubert Humphrey Institute Center for School Change, along with the Gates Foundation, Hamline University, and the University of Minnesota. Both a new middle and high school are located in a renovated two-story office building. The heart of each school is a cafй/commons area. Unique spaces such as an “R & D Garage” take this school out of the realm of “school” and make this an environment that integrates work-like activities, scientific enquiry and life-long learning.

River Heights Charter School – St. Paul, MN
Completion 2004
One of a series of high schools designed by FNI using the EdVisions Learning Cooperative’s project-based learning curriculum. The new school is located within an existing office building in West St. Paul, Minnesota. Rather than organizing around classrooms, River Heights is designed around advisory groups of 15 to 18 students each, and includes individual workstations for each student and advisor/teacher.

Community Trade and Business Center – Milwaukee, WI
Completion 2004
CTBC is a new charter high school that is renting space from Malcolm X High School in Milwaukee. CTBC is located in an economically depressed neighborhood and has one of the lowest graduation rates in the U.S. The school was founded by two former basketball players and best friends that became successful in business and wanted to give back to the “hood.”

Canning Vale High School – Perth, Western Australia
Architect: HASSELL/VITETTA. Planner, Prakash Nair
Photos: Keith Lightbody and Randall Fielding
Completion : January 2004
Honor Award 2002
Special Features: This 1,200 student high school was developed from a set of 10 guiding principles that included the nurturing of mind, body and spirit and the personalization of learning experiences. The resulting design is a playful mix of forms representing various learning neighborhoods, which lie along a learning street that leads to the colorful campus center.

Non-K-12 Project Portfolio