For an educational building, including primary, secondary and higher education, EVstudio works with you to create the right balance of flexibility and user-focused design.
Educational buildings, classrooms and assembly spaces must be increasingly flexible to provide maximum value to students, staff, and the community. This includes planning for occupancy growth and changing needs.
Designing For
Given our extensive work with public, charter, and private institutions, EVstudio understands the unique needs and requirements for each. We can manage a project of any scope, including renovations, additional space, or entirely new buildings. Our team is here to help with everything from design to construction to occupancy.
We will also help create a design and construction schedule that minimizes costs and ensures classes start on time.
EVstudio’s work includes pre-k, primary schools, secondary schools, and higher education.
Education Overview
Education Projects
College of Idaho Dorms
College of Idaho Dorms
This shipping container-style modular project is a student housing project located at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho. Site Plans for the dorm include building two three-story structures that will house 27 students each for a total of 54 units of new student housing.
The dorm units will be made from repurposed shipping containers and will include a common area surrounded by five single dorm rooms. The units are not only durable but sustainable and energy-efficient as well. This is a dynamic project with several local teams including the manufacturer, Indie Dwell.
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Addenbrooke Classical Academy HS
Addenbrooke Classical Academy HS
To learn more about this adaptive reuse, visit our Articles page.
Specifications: 20,000 GSF | Three-story | Surface parking
Client: Addenbrooke Classical Academy
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University of Denver- Ammi Hyde Building
University of Denver- Ammi Hyde Building
EVstudio was the design firm of choice by the University of Denver’s Architecture Department for the renovation of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology. The work includes the reconfiguration of several classrooms and offices in the Ammi Hyde Building at DU. The School of Education currently occupies the second floor of the building and the School of Professional Psychology on the first floor and garden level. The School of Education will be moving out of Ammi Hyde and into a different location on campus, and the Graduate School of Professional Psychology will be taking over.
A concern the faculty and staff have is the (non-existent) sound insulation between classrooms, offices and clinic rooms. Being the School of Psychology, they are very concerned with providing sufficient privacy for students as well as patients. We added two large classrooms next to each one of the existing classrooms and provided sound insulation between them by taking the new walls to the underside of the existing floor deck and adding 2’ fiberglass sound batt insulation on each side of the wall above the dropped ceiling. We are also providing this same soundproofing solution between all existing offices and classrooms on all floors. Another area of concern was the several offices & rooms that were previously divided by a wall terminating at the center of an existing window, leaving a gap between the end of the wall and the windowpane. We provided detail to infill this gap with gyp and insulation, and install a false mullion up against the window to match the existing.
The existing building was also lacking adequate lounge space for students and faculty, so we converted several rooms into a large kitchen/vending area. The new space provides personal student lockers, food prep space, and an eating area. We also converted the existing vending area into an ADA compliant restroom and installed a recessed ADA compliant Elkay EXH20 drinking fountain in the main corridor. The EVstudio design team also provided new interior finishes throughout the entire building, and the classrooms will receive new A/V equipment and overhead projectors.
Client: University of Denver
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University of Denver- Fisher Early Learning Center
University of Denver- Fisher Early Learning Center
Fisher ELC is the childcare center at the University of Denver. The highly imaginative project required a total remodel including new kitchens, bathroom modifications, flooring changes, furniture and wash stations for the children. To truly make the most out of the footprint and solve challenges discovered after the original build, EVstudio designed new amenities through the lens of a child.
The project required thinking about the details that would benefit the children and solutions for the teachers. One of the favorites was the child hand wash station with an oversized wall mount sink at less than 2’ off the floor and three single hole faucets in the three holes usually designed for one faucet. Previously the sinks were in the shared bathrooms which caused a traffic jam leading to children not washing their hands. This new sink design, inside the classroom, provided a fun way for kids to wash their hands and be accountable to the teachers. The design also switched from the University standard towel dispenser to one that kids can use and set the stations up in a very tight space. With year-round school, the project was phased, where the contractor worked through eleven classrooms one by one.
Upon completion, Marcee Martin, the Executive Director, stated: “The staff and parents love the new design for the kitchens, the children love the new sinks, and everyone loves the new flooring.”
Client: University of Denver
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University of Denver- Facilities Services Center
University of Denver- Facilities Services Center
Located in one of the University of Denver’s older buildings, the Facilities Service Center required a remodel to accommodate a growing staff and to enhance the guest experience. The Facilities Service Center includes the offices of the architectural staff, project managers, the maintenance department, and fleet services. This project was in multiple phases so that there is as little disruption to the staff and guests of the center as possible.
Client: University of Denver
Specifications: Design Bid Build | Masonry | 21,800 GSF with basement
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University of Denver- Boettcher Auditorium
University of Denver- Boettcher Auditorium
At the University of Denver’s Boettcher Center Auditorium, a renovation was done to capitalize on unused auditorium space by reorganizing the space to add two additional classrooms. This re-imagining of space allowed DU to expand their usable space without addition and save then hundreds of thousands of dollars. The renovation also allowed for new accessible bathrooms, renovation of lab spaces, and upgrades to the mechanical, power, and fire protection systems.
There were some special design considerations for annexing new classroom space from a busy auditorium. A sound wall between classrooms B and C was also essential as these two classrooms are acoustically independent of each other for the convenience of the professors and students. An STC rating of 60 is typical in this kind of situation, and because using CMU was too costly, we achieved the rating with a metal stud wall partition. The key is getting a physical separation between the layers of sheathing on either side of the wall to isolate the vibrations. In this case, the wall cavity includes two layers of metal studs, one of which serves as a plumbing chase for a new drain line.
Client: University of Denver (DU)
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A partnership with EVstudio brings your project to a new level.
- Balance fun with safety. We design with the student in mind and the safety of all.
- 21st- Century Classroom design. We design all school facilities to ensure an inspiring environment for generations.
- Complex higher education facilities.We know that a college or university campus can be comprised of a wide array of facilities from classroom to student housing. Thanks to our vast industry experience, we can consult for any type of building, including offices, maintenance facilities, and parking structures.
- Thinking outside the classroom. Our in-house full scope A/E disciplines can also help you with your playground and athletic facilities. From fields to locker rooms, we are your go-to partner for any unique spaces.