Basalt Bend STEM Academy

Portfolio record

This case study is based on the published Apex Grid portfolio record for Basalt Bend STEM Academy. It does not add project facts beyond that record.

A two-story K-8 academic building with laboratory classrooms. Engineering emphasized lab ventilation and fume exhaust, campus-wide utility infrastructure, and shaded outdoor learning courtyards. Structural design accommodated phased construction so the existing campus could stay in session through the build.

My founder perspective

I base this perspective on the published portfolio record. I read Basalt Bend as a learning environment and an active-campus coordination problem. The record names laboratory ventilation, fume exhaust, utilities, courtyards, and phased construction, so my perspective is to make those needs understandable while the existing campus stays in session.

Disciplines: Structural, MEP, Civil.