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St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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ST TERESA’S ACADEMY WINDMOOR CENTER

Gould Evans

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Gould Evans, Kansas City, MO

ARCHITECTS
Gould Evans

YEAR
2012

AREA
10650 ft²

LOCATION
Kansas City, United States

MEP ENGINEER
Lankford + Associates, Kansas City, MO

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
PMA Engineering, Fairway, KS

OWNER
St. Teresa’s Academy

MANUFACTURER
Bobrick, Terrazzo & Marble, Armstrong Ceilings, Berridge, Blumcraft, Cooper Lighting, Eggers Industries, Elkay, Fellert, Interface, Kawneer, LCN, Lightolier, Mapei, Pinnacle Architectural Lighting, Schlage, Shaw, Sherwin-Williams, Super Sky Skylights, TechLighting, +15

CIVIL ENGINEER
Olsson Associates, Overland Park, KS

PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT
Linoleum / Vinyl / Epoxy / Urethane

ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Acoustic Design Group, Mission, KS

METAL FABRICATION CONSULTANT
A. Zahner Company, Kansas City, MO

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, MO

CATEGORY
Xreligious Architecture

LIGHTING CONSULTANT
Derek Porter Studio, Kansas City, MO

PHOTOGRAPHS
Michael Spillers Photography, Assassi Productions

Text description provided by architect.

This Catholic independent college preparatory school for young women wanted to add a new chapel and academic space on the main campus quadrangle.

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
© Assassi Productions
St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
© Assassi Productions

After surveying students and faculty, a vision for the chapel emerged as a soft, feminine, contemplative space flooded with light and connected to nature.

There was a strong desire to connect to the narrative of St. Teresa, the patron saint of lace makers. Important throughout the design process was balance.

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
© Michael Spillers Photography

Achieving harmony between sacred and secular is the very essence of the school’s mission, and was the charge facing the design team.

The challenge was reinforced by the duality of the program, which combines the school’s spiritual heart with technology-rich classrooms and banquet facilities.

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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Gould Evans developed the design solution to honor the school’s history and embody the vision of a modern institution for women’s education.

The chapel’s soft dappled light and feminine lines of its lace veil, pulled across the simple interior palette, is balanced by the defined brick mass of the classrooms, which visually ties the building form to the existing academic campus.

The two volumes are unified by a shared lobby that enables the sacred and secular to co-mingle. The 150-seat chapel and classroom building creates a new spiritual and academic center for the school that is progressive yet rooted in its history.

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
© Michael Spillers Photography

The design creates a balance between the sacred and secular academic programs, exemplifying the core values of the school.Based on a survey of students and faculty, the vision for the chapel emerged as a soft, feminine, contemplative space of worship flooded with light and connected to nature, while connecting to the narrative of St. Teresa, the patron saint of lace makers.

The state-of-the-art classrooms spaces also serve as a banquet space when combined; they are housed in a soft-edged brick form with tall windows responds to existing campus buildings.

St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
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St Teresa’s Academy Windmoor Center
© Michael Spillers Photography

The sacred and secular elements come together as one rich architecture that not only completes the open end of the campus quad, but also serves as the new gateway to campus.


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