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Pat Tillman Middle School
Pat Tillman Middle School
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Pat Tillman Middle School
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
The aging Balsz K-8 Elementary School reopened in 2019 as Tillman Middle School. This community school embraced a new name honoring a national hero. The original facility did not support the school’s new vision which included reconfigured grade levels focused on middle school magnet programs called “Pathways to Success” and a new dynamic way of teaching to increase recruitment and retention of both students and teachers. DLR Group’s design of the new Tillman Middle School campus includes a state-of-the-art classroom building to foster learning and collaboration. The new classroom wings highlight the school’s specialty pathways: AVID, STEM, Digital Media Arts and Kinetics. The library moved into an area adjacent to the cafeteria, combining the two spaces to create a student “commons” preparing students for the types of spaces they will see in high school. This partial campus rebuild is a phased construction project on an occupied campus.
Throughout the design, DLR Group involved students, teachers and the community. Our architects and engineers met with each of the 780 Tillman “Warriors”, soliciting the students’ feedback on what images would be “right” for their new Tillman Middle School. In tandem, our team introduced these middle schoolers to the many careers available in architecture, engineering and interior design. The school’s focus on elevating teaching methods led to an off-site professional development day to focus on the future of teaching and learning. Finally, the multilingual community was brought into the design through “voting” on images that transcend language, followed by multiple community workshops. Through our comprehensive outreach and involvement, the new Tillman Middle School will be a community pillar in the Balsz community for decades to come.
Throughout the design, DLR Group involved students, teachers and the community. Our architects and engineers met with each of the 780 Tillman “Warriors”, soliciting the students’ feedback on what images would be “right” for their new Tillman Middle School. In tandem, our team introduced these middle schoolers to the many careers available in architecture, engineering and interior design. The school’s focus on elevating teaching methods led to an off-site professional development day to focus on the future of teaching and learning. Finally, the multilingual community was brought into the design through “voting” on images that transcend language, followed by multiple community workshops. Through our comprehensive outreach and involvement, the new Tillman Middle School will be a community pillar in the Balsz community for decades to come.
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