Greenwich Academy Upper School

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Greenwich AcademyUpper School
Preliminary Proposal
matt fracassini Penn State AE lighting/electrical
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Greenwich Academy

• Overview of Occupant

Greenwich Academy is an independent college
preparatory school for girls and young women,
located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The campus is
an inclusive community for students from pre-K to
12th grade. In general, the goals of the
institution are to

• promote the highest ethical and moral values

• enable each student to reach her highest level
  of academic achievement

• foster a sense of aesthetic sensitivity and
  creativity

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Greenwich Academy

• Location

Upper School
Main Entrance
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Greenwich Academy

• Project Team

• owner Greenwich Academy

• architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

• CM Turner Construction Co.

• MEP AKF Engineers

• civil Redniss Mead, Inc.

• structural Diblasi Associates

• landscape Brown / Sardina, Inc.

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Greenwich Academy

• Architectural Overview

• The building itself is designed to look and feel
  open and bright.

• Contains many sustainable design elements, such
  as planted roofs, stormwater management, and
  recycled materials.

• Structure is based on laminated wood columns and
  steel beams and girders.

show picture of wood/steel connection

• Building enveloped by full-height glass curtain
  wall on most sides.

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Greenwich Academy

• Architectural Overview

• 4 Light Chambers large glazed spaces that
  protrude above the 2nd level.

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Greenwich Academy

• Special Design Considerations

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Focus of Redesign

• Space 1 West Corridor
• Space 2 Library
• Breadth 1 Library HVAC revision
• Breadth 2 Library Cost Analysis
• Space 3 Science Room 1
• Electrical Work Science Room

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West Corridor

• The West Corridor is the main circuit of the
  building, leading visitors down from the Main
  Stair, and into the various connected spaces.

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West Corridor

• As the primary thoroughfare in the school, this
  corridor is like an artery directing blood
  (people in this case) to the adjacent spaces.

entrance
corridors

• The lighting system should reflect this sense of
  movement.

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West Corridor

• Goals for Space

• Lead visitors into other areas of building.

• Retain sense of open space.

• Integrate light quality with daylight.

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West Corridor

• Solutions

Lead visitors to other parts of building

• Use compact fluorescent downlights along center
  of corridor.

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West Corridor

• Solutions

Retain Sense of Open Space

• Use indirect cove lighting to create ambient
  light and prevent boring, dim light in corridor

• Light on walls and ceiling will give feeling of
  open space.

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West Corridor

• Solutions

Integrate light with daylight
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Library

• The Learning Center and Reading Room combine
  into one large space to form the Upper School
  library, the largest open space in the building.

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Library

• Goals for Space

• Emphasize open space and clean environment.
• Create reduced-glare environment for VDT use.
• Provide strong Illuminance at reading table.
• At least 40 fc.
• Reduce/Control daylight throughout space.

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Library

• Solutions

• Emphasize open space and clean environment.
• Create reduced-glare environment for VDT use.

• describe use of fixtures and show cut sheets
• show renderings close up of VDTs

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Library

• Solutions

• Provide strong Illuminance at reading table.
• At least 40 fc.
• Reduce/Control daylight throughout space.

• Show Renderings, Distribution
• Describe daylighting solution

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Breadth 1

• HVAC Resizing in Library

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Breadth 1

• HVAC Resizing in Library

solutions
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Breadth 2

• Cost Analysis in Library

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Science Room
Lab Tables
Key Planes
Student Desks
Teachers Table
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Science Room

• Goals for Space

• Provide vertical illuminance on whiteboard

• Maintain high illuminance and contrast ratio
  levels in rear of room.

• Keep a uniform feel between each zone.

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Science Room

• Goals for Space

insert newer renderings try to find a rendering
for each goal that exemplifies it
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Electrical
recircuiting and relocating panel feeder or
breaker resizing? transformer considerations
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Final Points