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The British School of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Epstein was retained by the British School of Chicago to provide full interior design services, including programming, schematic design, design development, construction documentation and construction administration for its new, 75,000 square foot school.The new facility is located at the corner of Halsted and Eastman Streets within a new development in Lincoln Park. The school, designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, is 5- stories and can accommodate a student population of 600, ages 3 to 18.
The interior design includes a warming kitchen, a multi-functional dining space with seating for 300 students, both junior and senior-level libraries, science laboratories, art rooms, a music classroom/laboratory, a design technology laboratory, a full-sized basketball court/gymnasium and administrative offices. A ground-level playground will be provided for younger students while a unique, rooftop exercise area will be designed for older students. This exciting new school opened in January of 2008.
In addition to providing interior design services Epstein also provided MEP engineering services for the school building-out. Special considerations included accommodations for a mobile laptop computer lab, which allows the computers to be transported from room to room, laboratory support services, and music rooms, where sound performance is critical.
Specialized lighting design services were also included. Theatrical lighting was added in the cafeteria space to accommodate student performances in theatre and music. In addition, energy efficient fluorescent “sport lighting” was used in lieu of traditional gymnasium lighting methods.
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