Hull Prairie Intermediate School
Perrysburg, OH
Category: 2018 Education
Silver Winner Education
Designer: TMP Architecture / The Collaborative, Inc.
Starnet Member:
Commercial Flooring of Toledo, LLC
Starnet Preferred Vendors:
Amtico, ARDEX, Chapco, Daltile, Gerflor, Johnsonite By Tarkett, TEC
Project Strategy
The Hull Prairie Intermediate School is a 130,000 sq. ft., 800+ student facility situated in northwest Ohio. Its community of Perrysburg has a storied history of lifting up its educational establishments, but district leadership chose to look into the future in creating this newest beacon for 21st Century Teaching and Learning ideals. As an Ohio Designated STEM School, program components include four student-centered General Academic Wings housing eight different “teams”, centralized STEM labs on each floor, an Outdoor Learning Pavilion and shared Collaboration Zones which foster Innovation, Group Work, Presentation Skills and Integration of Technology. In pushing the envelope of Student-Directed Learning, the spaces posed unique challenges (transparent, transient and transition-less space) for which the flooring material selections and layouts provided exemplary solutions. The corridor LVT provides a strong branding message, evoking an emotional response to living the “Jacket Way”. The brightly colored carpet tiles aide in way-finding by 5th and 6th grade students across a sprawling facility, supporting an authentic and autonomous experience. Selections also divide and define spaces for specific pedagogical activities…encouraging a behavior shift towards a “Learning happens EVERYWHERE!” mentality from a more traditional curricular approach.