project_ Timberline High School
client_ North Thurston Public Schools
location_ Lacey, Washington

During the Fall of 2004 McGranahan Architects, in conjunction with the North Thurston Public Schools, led a study to evaluate the feasibility of modernizing Timberline High School and determine how to best meet the educational needs of the School District as well as provide the most value for their constituent’s tax dollars. The conclusion of the study was to modernize a portion of the existing campus while constructing the rest of the school to the South, on the existing baseball fields.

McGranahan Architects is currently nearing completion of design services for the modernization. The building design strives to address both the functional and aesthetic considerations as documented in the Educational Specifications. Each classroom wing is organized to contain groupings of classrooms for each department, but are also flexible, allowing for different curriculum models to easily fit into the classroom layout. Departmental groups can be located adjacent to complementary groups to facilitate interaction between the different subjects.

The Commons and the adjacent main entry lobby serves as the nucleus of the majority of academic spaces in the school. The three classroom wings, library, administration and student services surround this two story space, allowing this “Great Hall” to become the heart of the school.

This project bid in the summer of 2006 and is currently under construction.