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Winnisquam High School
Tilton, New Hampshire

Entrance at Gymnasium and Cafetorium Lobby

Before this project, the Winnisquam Regional High School and Middle School site was small, lacked parking and play fields, and had no clear organization that routed car and bus traffic through the campus. An important part of this project included a total site reorganization that created a new main driveway that joined the two adjacent town streets, routing car traffic away from the bus drop off areas and allowing a large new student parking lot to be directly adjacent to the high school. The sitework portion of the project also included the addition of a new 8-lane synthetic track, a full size baseball field, and two concession and maintenance outbuildings.

The building project included the complete revitalization of the 1930's era High School and the addition of a classroom wing to the Middle School. The High School work included the demolition of a one story vocational wing, the complete gutting of the oldest 3-story wing to remove structurally unsound gypsum plank floor structure, and the addition of a 62,000 sf classroom / athletic / Cafetorium / SAU wing.

The Winnisquam Regional School District felt strongly that an auditorium should be a part of their building plan, but didn't think voters would support the cost of a full auditorium, so we suggested a multi-use auditorium/cafeteria that would go beyond the typical "cafetorium" in terms of theater design.

While researching cafetoria that had been built in the past, it seemed that these spaces were always designed predominately as cafeterias and that the very specific design needs of a performance space were considered secondarily, if at all. We began by conceptualizing the room as an auditorium and adapted it to function as a cafeteria. This concept was incorporated into the larger $16.5 million, two-school renovation/addition proposal which was subsequently approved by voters in the first attempt.

GENERAL
  Capacity 625 H.S. students and 525 M.S. students  
  High School Addition
62,000 sf
 
  High School Renovations
55,900 sf
 
  Middle School Addition
16,800 sf
 
  Middle School Renovation
53,500 sf
 
 
BUDGET
  Sitework
$1,783,000
 
  Construction
$12,881,000
 
  Administration
$1,389,000
 
  Furnishings
$400,000
 
  Total Projects
$16,453,000
 
 
SCHEDULE
  Project Completed August 2004