The wood framed school buildings resemble longhouses and feature exposed heavy timber and glulam beams in the roof structure.
The multi-purpose activities building features a main and auxiliary gymnasium; vocational shops for wood, auto, and metal classes; and a large dining space. The wood shop has a reinforced structural system to support suspended logs students use for making canoes. The dining hall’s large glass wall looks out onto a central courtyard used for both school and community events.
Built on reservation land, coordination with jurisdictions included the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and King County. The design of the connecting road was coordinated with the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Site design involved new utilities, grading and parking for the school along with a synthetic football, track, baseball, and softball field. A sustainable low impact drainage system was incorporated. Multiple terraced rain gardens connected by streams form an open conveyance system that drains into a detention pond landscaped to create a park-like setting.
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