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Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate/Middle School
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate/Middle School
Yarmouth, MA, United States
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Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate/Middle School
Yarmouth, MA, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
The Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate / Middle School is situated in South Yarmouth, MA, and serves about 950 students and more than 100 staff members. It includes two double-story classroom wings at the north end of the site, with sunlit courts in the outdoor spaces formed by separation and orientation of the classroom wings. The shared spaces – auditorium, cafeteria, gym, media center, and arts programs – are positioned on the south near the main entrance and organized around a central commons area. The elegant, 850-seat auditorium will be open to the general public from throughout the school district for special events such as community meetings and community theater.
The new school takes the place of two separate older schools – the Mattacheese Middle School in West Yarmouth (the regional 6th and 7th grade program) and the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School in South Dennis (for grades 4 and 5). The new school is designed to retain some spatial separation of the two pre-existing schools by having two separate entries and placing the 6th and 7th grades on the upper floor and the 4th and 5th grades on the lower level.
The project broke ground in April of 2021 and was completed in February of the following year, coming in a full million dollars under budget. The fortuity of a favorable bidding market allowed for considerable scope expansion during construction, including the addition of the new artificial turf athletic fields with entirely new field lighting.
The Dennis-Yarmouth district includes an exceptionally large percentage of special-needs students, including those with physical disabilities. Our brief was to not only make the building universally accessible, as required by law, but also to craft an environment that promotes universal access to learning, with a number of specialized teaching spaces that accommodate students’ diverse learning styles and needs with an overall aesthetic atmosphere that is inviting and calming for everyone. The approach includes details such as minimizing sharp angles in favor of curving lines and volumes. Another aesthetic focus – particularly notable in the well-considered graphic design – was biophilia, which emphasizes the natural contours and biology of the terrain across New England.
The new school takes the place of two separate older schools – the Mattacheese Middle School in West Yarmouth (the regional 6th and 7th grade program) and the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School in South Dennis (for grades 4 and 5). The new school is designed to retain some spatial separation of the two pre-existing schools by having two separate entries and placing the 6th and 7th grades on the upper floor and the 4th and 5th grades on the lower level.
The project broke ground in April of 2021 and was completed in February of the following year, coming in a full million dollars under budget. The fortuity of a favorable bidding market allowed for considerable scope expansion during construction, including the addition of the new artificial turf athletic fields with entirely new field lighting.
The Dennis-Yarmouth district includes an exceptionally large percentage of special-needs students, including those with physical disabilities. Our brief was to not only make the building universally accessible, as required by law, but also to craft an environment that promotes universal access to learning, with a number of specialized teaching spaces that accommodate students’ diverse learning styles and needs with an overall aesthetic atmosphere that is inviting and calming for everyone. The approach includes details such as minimizing sharp angles in favor of curving lines and volumes. Another aesthetic focus – particularly notable in the well-considered graphic design – was biophilia, which emphasizes the natural contours and biology of the terrain across New England.
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