Bond Projects:
Community Design Workshop -
January 22, 2005

On January 22nd, a group of approximately 40 Snohomish citizens gathered with our architects to learn about the site for both the new elementary school and the new high school, and about the programs planned for the schools.

The workshop started with a presentation of information about the building site on Cathcart Way, and the program that is being planned for the schools (as determined by our educational specifications committees). Participants in this program were then asked to identify issues that would be likely to effect the placement of the buildings and associated features on the site, based upon seven key topics: pedestrian access, vehicle access, building placement, field placement, safety and security, building features, and community issues. Each person was given the opportunity to express their opinions on each of these topics.

Participants were then given a chance to suggest how buildings, fields, and other features should be placed on the site through a site planning exercise that was facilitated by our design team. The participants were placed in groups and asked to take the key elements of the school (buildings, fields, parking lots, etc.), which were represented in scaled models, and place them on a five-foot scaled model of the Cathcart site. There were two teams working on elementary school models, and five teams working on high school models. Each team came up with a unique model for the school's design. The architects discussed the reasons for the placement of each piece with the groups in order to gain an understanding of how the issues expressed earlier affected their decisions on field/building placement.

The District and our architects will use this feedback as the design of the school progresses.

To view the elementary school models, click here.
To view the high school models, click here.