Rogers Partners

Henderson-Hopkins School

Henderson-Hopkins School
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HENDERSON-HOPKINS SCHOOL

Rogers Partners

ARCHITECTS
Rogers Partners

AREA
125000.0 ft²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Baltimore,United States

MANUFACTURERS
Armstrong Ceilings, ASSA ABLOY, Carlisle, Duo-Gard, EFCO, Forbo Flooring Systems, Gordon, Interface, Sika, Tectum, NEW CASTLE, Jelinek Cork, Allegany Door & Hardware, Metromont Corporation, Citadel Architectural Products

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, School, Community

LIGHTING DESIGNER
Flux Studio

MEP+FP ENGINEER
Global Engineering Solutions

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Floura Teeter Landscape Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Albert Vecerka-Esto

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Eba Engineering, Inc.

CIVIL ENGINEER
Phoenix Engineering, Inc.

SUSTAINABILITY
Terra Logos: Eco Architecture

FOOD SERVICE
Cini-Little International, Inc.

THEATER
Fisher Dachs Associates

SIGNAGE DESIGNER
Salestrom Design

DATA, AV, VOICE, SECURITY, ACOUSTICS
Spexsys, Llc

COST
$53 Million

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/BUILDER
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Faisant Associates, Inc.

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ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED BY EAST BALTIMORE

Rogers Partners' design mirrors the neighborhood's urban fabric. While most elementary schools are single buildings, the Henderson-Hopkins School is a cluster of “containers for learning” inspired by East Baltimore’s row houses, stoops and social civic spaces.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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Its campus is a microcosm of the city: students are grouped by age in small-scale Houses that are bisected by main streets and side streets.

Each House has a Commons for lunching and flexible teaching/learning and a defined outdoor Learning Terrace. This decentralizing strategy promotes individual learning and growth, rare for public education.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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The building heights are consistent with the surrounding low-rise architecture. Grooved precast concrete on the exterior refers to the “form-stone” typically found throughout Baltimore buildings.

The Commons are taller building elements that rise above the low-scale campus, representing education as the center of the community.

These vertical elements transform the school into a community landmark, following in the tradition of Baltimore’s church steeples, which stand as social and visual anchors for local neighborhoods.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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A LEARNING LABORATORY

The campus’ architecture supports state-of-the-art teaching methods and research. It facilitates Johns Hopkins’ innovative pedagogy with flexible spaces that can accommodate changing teaching methods.

The interior spaces are modular and adaptable to any type of pedagogical program and conform to students’ varying learning abilities, habits and ages. The “Commons” are central multipurpose spaces that provide a home base for nurturing students’ development.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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Windows everywhere provide optimal sunlight in every building on campus. Rogers Partners researched national precedents to design these traditional and non-traditional learning spaces that accommodate multiple and spontaneous activities.

“This project represents what architecture for education can really be about: enabling students, teachers and community. Our goal was to recover and reimagine an urban fabric rich in opportunity and optimism for East Baltimore and innovate a school concept rooted in the familiar yet ever changing to fulfill a progressive pedagogy,” says Robert M. Rogers, FAIA, principal of Rogers Partners.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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“In its intentionally porous, safe, urban plan and through the craftsmanship of light, materiality and performance, the design respects history and supports the future of education and of this neighborhood.”

AN URBAN REGENERATOR

The project’s developers, East Baltimore Development, Inc. (EBDI) – a non-profit organization established by community, government, institutional and philanthropic partners – built the school as part of broader efforts to revitalize greater Middle East Baltimore.

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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“EBDI is committed to revitalizing, re-energizing and rebuilding our communities,” says Christopher Shea, EBDI’s President and CEO.

“We believe that strong neighborhoods are built around strong public schools. We’re thrilled that Johns Hopkins University has come forward with a model that dovetails with our core principles and that Rogers Partners’ design has helped make it a reality.”

Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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To promote urban regeneration, in addition to the school and early childcare facilities, the campus incorporates a family health center, a library, an auditorium, and a gym, as shared resources with residents and businesses in the community.


Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
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Henderson-Hopkins School
Ground Floor Plan

Rogers Partners
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Rogers Partners
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