Tahanto Regional Middle/High School

Boylston, MA, United States

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Tahanto Regional Middle/High School

Boylston, MA, United States

Firm

HMFH Architects, Inc.

Type

Educational › High School

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2013

SIZE

100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

BUDGET

$10M - 50M

Photos

Ed Wonsek (16)

With 560 students in grades 6–12, arranged in distinct middle and high school wings, the new Tahanto Regional Middle/High School serves the communities of Berlin and Boylston, Mass., and offers students the benefits of small-school education while also supporting full shared-use amenities. In the new school, shared public spaces, including a double-height dining commons, library, theater, music suite, and gymnasium, unite the entire school along a community “main street,” while classrooms have been divided into smaller-scale middle and high school wings, each with its own discrete entrance on either side of the main administration suite. Exterior elements including a curved wood bench, tile cladding, and an outdoor space directly off the dining commons are designed to respond gracefully to the school’s heavily forested site on the Wachusett Reservoir.