Tag: Education

LDDBlueline completed a 34,000-square-foot addition for Amigos Por Vida Charter School in southwest Houston through a design/build partnership. The project features a two-story classroom wing, a multi-purpose cafeteria, administrative offices, and support spaces, expanding capacity for 500 additional students. Programmatically, it introduces dedicated middle school learning environments with flexible classrooms, integrated technology, and daylightfilled corridors that promote collaboration. Circulation and shared spaces enhance student interaction while optimizing supervision and accessibility. Constructed with durable materials and efficient systems, the addition improves overall building performance and energy use. The design strengthens the school’s mission by uniting functionality, adaptability, and a cohesive campus identity.

Location

Houston, TX

Square Footage

34,000 SF

Owner

Amigos Por Vida – Friends for Life Public Charter School

Serving as a central educational hub for the Bridgeland  community, Harmony Public Schools Bridgeland was  designed to advance STEAM based learning through technology-integrated, flexible, and transparent spaces. The facility includes specialized makerspaces with exterior visibility, fostering hands-on creativity and innovation. Classroom neighborhoods are organized around collaborative hubs that support small group instruction and interdisciplinary
projects. Color, lighting, and environmental graphics enhance wayfinding and reinforce the school’s identity. Natural daylighting and energy-efficient systems contribute to comfort and sustainability. Through its technical design and programmatic organization, the campus promotes curiosity, collaboration, and academic growth within an inspiring, future-focused learning environment.

Location

Cypress, TX

Square Footage

58,000 SF

Owner

Harmony Public Schools

Hartman Hall, home to the College of Business, sits with outstretched arms at the southwest entrance to James Madison University’s campus in Harrisonburg, VA. Faculty, staff, and visitors to the building are greeted by the breathtaking, three-story, oval-shaped atrium as they enter. Ascending the atrium’s wood paneled staircase to the 3rd floor, visitors discover the Hogan Boardroom which serves as both a meeting space and event venue for prestigious gatherings throughout the year. Despite the room’s high status, the plain walls and uninviting wood entry doors failed to match the luster of the surrounding building.

LDDBlueline™ was brought in to assess the Boardroom’s uses and to provide functional solutions that would elevate the room’s aesthetic and create a suitable space for such distinguished events. We embraced this task by providing meticulously detailed drawings that ensured the new wood paneling on the walls perfectly matched the wood paneling in the atrium, we created a hidden set of doors to keep the coat closet out of sight when not in use, and we revamped the Boardroom’s entry with a new set of glass doors which better emphasized the college’s focus on transparency. Lastly, we designed a display of glass shelves hanging in front of wooden slats that matched the existing boardroom table with gold mirror positioned to capture and spread the light from the large windows on the far side of the room.

Location

Harrisonburg, VA

Square Footage

Boardroom:  1,505 SF | Dean’s Suite:  687 SF

Owner

James Madison University

Providing engaging experiences for students is central to JMU, a university that strongly believes success requires equal parts intellect and action. Reaching past theory and books, JMU strives to offer hands on learning experiences by drawing from the outside world.

Originally a fit out for an existing gym, this space was developed into JMU’s Teaching Kitchen which incorporates a well lit demonstration area giving students ample space to learn as well as present their work. A contemporary six station lab provides equipped learning areas separated by low walls for the purpose of keeping teams of students well grouped. Available to the students are six stainless steel professional stove ranges, sizeable refrigerators and quality kitchen tools creating a learning environment designed for success.

Location

Harrisonburg, VA

Square Footage

2,800 SF

Owner

James Madison University

JMU asked for our help in combining and relocating four independent departments into one existing multi-story story building, in effort to achieve adequate accommodations for faculty and staff consisting of meeting rooms, offices, collaboration areas, and a conference room. For students, classrooms, labs, study and project rooms as well as support functions, equipment rooms, storage areas, and break rooms.

After meetings with JMU representatives from all departments, a detailed program of spaces and functions was created, including any special requests and utilities, as well as room adjacencies. Those in turn were plotted over four floors of the building and adjusted until all-user consensus was reached. The detailed construction drawings for all disciplines were prepared and construction was divided into three phases, each performed within a very narrow time frame. Created spaces are versatile, multifunctional and flexible, while meeting each department’s spatial needs and showcasing their uniqueness.

Location

Harrisonburg, VA

Square Footage

100,000 SF of renovations; conducted in 3 phases with largest renovation near 35,000 SF

Owner

James Madison University

Eastern Mennonite University prepares students to serve and lead in a global context. Their community of learning integrates Christian faith, academic rigor, artistic creation and reflective practice informed by the liberal arts, interdisciplinary engagement and cross-cultural encounter.

Phase 3 of the Suter Science Center Renovation completed the rejuvenation of a 50 year-old campus icon. Two rooms were the centerpiece; the Swartzendruber Lecture Hall and the Hostetter Museum of Natural History. The Lecture Hall was designed to accommodate current university pedagogy of collaborative work and smaller class size. The Museum is now housed in the old planetarium, bringing new life to this treasured space.

Location

Harrisonburg, VA

Square Footage

12,000 SF

Owner

Eastern Mennonite University

The project creates the space to expand one of the fastest growing degrees offered at the University, the Natural Science and Nursing program. The building houses wet labs, physics lab, organic chemistry lab, microbiology lab, nursing simulation lab, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) classroom and faculty and administrative offices. The project incorporates the requirements of the Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Construction Act and includes other sustainable concepts. LDDBlueline™ demonstrated to the Client the savings on staffing, security, elevators, etc. to arrange the building as an addition to their existing classroom building instead of designing a separate building which provides useful and economical spaces.

Location

Warner Robins, GA

Square Footage

16,989 SF

Owner

Middle Georgia State University

This concrete structure was reconfigured and renovated to provide a variety of learning, training, and administrative spaces for the local chapter of a nationwide trade union. The finished building houses a new entry pavilion, interior classrooms, offices, mock-up spaces and construction methods laboratories. In addition to upgrades to building infrastructure systems, exterior renovations were made to make obvious the re-purposing of the facility from commercial usage to educational functions.

Location

Houston, TX

Square Footage

50,000 SF

Owner

Texas Carpenters & Millwrights

This 900-seat, Performing Arts Center is sited adjacent to the gymnasium and takes advantage of existing parking.  The sloped floor system also works with existing contours to save on grading costs.  The layout creates a “through lobby” providing easy access from within the school and both parking areas while creating a new courtyard.  The black box theater/classroom with a control booth was included in Phase 1; Phase 2 will include music and art suites. LDDBlueline™ teamed with Suttles and Associates Architects to provide full architectural and interior design services.

Location

Douglas, GA

Square Footage

49,748 SF

Owner

Coffee County School System and Suttles and Associates Architects

LDDBlueline™, in association with Flynn Finderup Architects, was selected as the design team for the first real dining hall project on the Kennesaw State University campus, which allows students participating in the new meal plans to choose from ten different dining venues with an unlimited dining concept. The building is very prominently located a few steps from the main campus green along the main pedestrian walkway between academic and housing areas. The campus desired a very exciting design which attracts attention, which is achieved through the curved facade, the main entry tower and the second floor dining terraces overlooking the pedestrian walkway. The main dining level seats 750 diners in a variety of seating configurations while the second level accommodates 250 diners in student group dining, soft seating areas and dining terraces

Location

Kennesaw, GA

Square Footage

50,880 SF

Owner

Kennesaw State University