The design for the expansion and renovation of the Knoch School District High School features a bright new, distinct entrance for the school. It is a component of the new addition that creates a large, multi-purpose student commons with collaborative learning spaces and seating for the cafeteria, which was relocated. Tech education classrooms were also […]
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DRAW Collective is collaborating with PennWest California University on the construction of a new state-of-the-art science building, prominently located at the campus entrance. This new facility will replace two outdated buildings and will feature advanced laboratories for biology, chemistry, and physics. During the planning phase, great emphasis was placed on designing these laboratories to be
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The new Trinity Intermediate Elementary School opened in September 2024 to serve the growing Trinity Area School District. The new building, constructed as an addition to the Middle School, is serving grades 4 and 5. Each of the building’s three levels contains a centralized Innovation Project Classroom to support the STREAM elements of the curriculum.
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DRAW Collective worked with Waynesburg University to design a new Center for Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation to support the Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science’s mission to enhance research, education, and training in the field of criminal justice and forensic investigation. The two-story building encompasses 7,500 SF with a partial basement and is located
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Waynesburg University came to DRAW Collective with an idea: to establish a space for their new co-curricular innovation hub, dubbed the ‘eHIVE’ (entrepreneurial Hub for Innovative Ventures and Endeavors). The design of this space was pivotal in realizing their overarching vision: developing a culture of proactive, innovative, and ethically sound problem-solving aimed at equipping students
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The design for Forest Hills Junior-Senior High School created one of the most advanced educational buildings in the region that embraces modern teaching tools, technology and social spaces. The nearly 200,000 square foot new building accommodates grades 7 through 12 in distinct, separate high school and junior high school color-coded, academic zones. The school’s core
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St. Bede School in Pittsburgh’s East End enhanced their curriculum with the design of a new STREAM Center to provide modern learning spaces to advance a STREAM educational initiatives and support a curriculum that includes a focus on sustainability. The project transformed four classrooms creating a focused curriculum hub that includes a new science lab, art lab,
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The central component of a 100,000 square foot addition to Pine-Richland High School was a new STEAM center to support the District’s shift to an interdisciplinary approach to instruction. The center includes instructional labs and classrooms for chemistry, biology, business, math, computer science, art, technology, systems engineering, manufacturing, robotics, and computer-assisted drafting. The expansion also
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The Trinity Area School District’s new eSports Classroom allows the Trinity Middle School students to have their own arena with gaming PCs, LED lights, ergonomic chairs and large TV screens. The classroom stands out with its array of features, including twenty-four high-end gaming computers custom built by the talented students of Trinity High School. The
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While much of the emphasis for the renovation of the Fox Chapel Area School District’s Dorseyville Middle School was put on upgrading safety, security, and infrastructure elements, the project also targeted very visible improvements to improve the student and instructional spaces. A new makerspace at Dorseyville Middle School was designed to accompany a newly renovated media center/library
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