PROJECT Westmoreland High School
ARCHITECT Grimm + Parker Architects
LOCATION  Montross, Virginia US

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  7/24/2022
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM  Paul Klee, Melanie Hennigan, Scott Eschbach, Patrick Byrne, Michael Smyles, Alexandra Struble, Yi-Cheng Chen, David Wolf, Martice Tucker
OWNER/CLIENT Westmoreland County Public Schools
CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER  Branch Builds
PHOTOGRAPHER  Barry Halkin
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB)
CIVIL ENGINEER Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Lynch Mykins Structural Engineers, P.C.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Ascent Engineering Group, Inc.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Ascent Engineering Group, Inc.
CONSULTANT Food Service: Nyikos Associates, Jay Garcia, jgarcia@nyikosgarcia.com
CONSULTANT Commissioning: Thompson Consulting Engineers, Kevin Allen, kallen@mjtengineers.com
CONSULTANT Cost Estimating: Downey & Scott, Bill Downey, billd@downeyscott.com, 6799 Kennedy Road, Unit F, Warrenton, VA 20187
CONSULTANT Wayfinding and Decorative Graphics: Iconograph, LLC, Brittney Butler, brittney@iconograph.com
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The New Westmorland High School embraces (WMLCPS) pedagogical initiative where next-generation learning spaces facilitate learner-centered, student-driven, real-world, and project-based learning. These environments promote WMLCPS Century Learning Revolution by focusing on the whole person and where students are empowered and inspired to embrace Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Citizenship, and Wellness. The school is designed to accommodate the requirements of a modern, comprehensive educational program, provides spaces and places necessary to foster the learned abilities, skills, and behaviors required of them as citizens of the world . It was the time to boldly reimagine the high-school experience, using the power of human-centered design, the latest adolescent neuroscience, and purpose learning to usher in a new era of education that prepares students for this century, not the last.

The vision of The New Westmorland High School is to “be a community of learners in which our public schools, families, public officials, businesses, community organizations, and other citizens work collaboratively to prepare all of our students to succeed academically and socially in a diverse, democratic, change-oriented, and global society.” Westmoreland High School was designed to support that vision and allow for flexibility in instruction and learning, while it celebrates and tells the story of its place.

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IMAGES (Captions and Photographer Credit)
1. Main Building Entry © Halkin Mason Photography
2. Main Building Entry © Halkin Mason Photography
3. Versatile Collaborative Cluster © Halkin Mason Photography
4. Tall windows optimize natural light and maximize views to nature © Halkin Mason Photography
5. Maximizing daylighting and connection to natural environment © Halkin Mason Photography
6. Collaborative Learning Cluster © Halkin Mason Photography
7. Exposed steel structure, soaring columns, and overhanging roofs reference masts and sails and the maritime history of Westmoreland County © Halkin Mason Photography
8. Building Materials that Reflect the Fabric of the Historic City © Halkin Mason Photography