Nazareth Area Middle School

Freidensthal Avenue, Nazareth, PA, United States

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Nazareth Area Middle School

Freidensthal Avenue, Nazareth, PA, United States

Firm

Architecture FURST PC

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Sports Center
Educational › Elementary School

YEAR

2009

SIZE

100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

BUDGET

$10M - 50M

The
Nazareth Area School District, a
long-time client was in need of constructing a major new facility to serve
their growing community. Architecture FURST was counted on to use its
experience with the District to design their new $52 million Nazareth AreaMiddle School.

The 1,000 student middle school will contain 7th and 8th
grade students. The Board of School Directors requested the project be designed
to achieve a silver rating under guidelines of the U.S. Green Building Council,
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

The
building's massing and design makes strong references to the historic buildings
constructed by the original Moravian settlers who located in Nazareth, PA
in the mid-17th century. The
use of red brick and local field stone was common to surviving buildings. Sited
on 22 acres, it also contains a parking lot for the adjacent high school and an
all-weather track and practice field.

The
plan is organized around a central administrative core, state of the art media
center and cafeteria. The 2–story classroom wings for each grade level extend
east-west to maximize the day lighting benefits. The physical education wing
contains a 1,000 seat gymnasium, locker and team room and life fitness center.
Sharing a common lobby are the auditorium and related arts wing that includes
drama, music and technical education programs.

The 2-story, 229,000 square foot school also includes an 8 lane competitive
swimming pool and locker rooms for use by the entire district and public.