Milton Academy
Pritzker Science Center
Project
Pritzker Science Center
Client
Milton Academy
Location
Milton, MA
Completion
2010
Size
40,000 GSF
Certification
Designed to meet LEED Silver
Category
K-12 Education
The Milton Academy Pritzker Science Center is a two-floor building containing 14 classrooms and 4 inquiry labs, as well as a large project room for independent student science projects. Sited between the Kellner Performing Arts Center and the Head of School’s House, the building completes the southern edge of the main campus green. Prominently located off Centre Street on the Campus Green, the new science building celebrates Milton Academy’s commitment to making science a highly visible, sustainable, and integral component of its academic mission.
Being able to see what’s going on in all the classes and experience not only what you are doing, but what everyone is doing, is an excellent catalyst for getting kids excited about science.
Michael Edgar, Science Department Chair, Milton Academy
SCIENCE ON DISPLAY
The school’s primary goal was to make science visible, after years in a series of fortress-like and remote buildings. Extensive glazing, both interior and exterior, reveals not just public spaces, but the classrooms themselves, making for an inviting, light-filled place for high school students to learn and grow. Floor-to-ceiling glass, garage doors between classrooms and centrally located gathering places for students and faculty foster interaction, collaboration, and inquiry.
Awards + Recognition
2016 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Award
2012 National AIA-CAE Education Facility Design Excellence Award
2012 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
2011 BSA K-12 Education Facilities Design Honor Award
2011 Metalmag Magazine Architectural Award Honorable Mention for Metal Buildings
2010 AIA New England Design Excellence Honor Award
2010 BSA Design Excellence Honor Award
Project Consultants
Structural Engineer | LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.
Mechanical / Electrical Engineer | Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering
Civil Engineer | Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering
Landscape Architect | Stephen Stimson Associates
Interior Designer | Lab [3.2] Architecture
Lighting Consultant | Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Acoustical Engineer | Acentech
Photographer | Robert Benson