Carman-Ainsworth High School Bendle/Carman

817 East Kearsley Street
Flint, Michigan 48503
Phone: 810-767-5600
Fax: 810-767-1650
www.THA-Flint.com
BEFORE
Carman-Ainsworth High School
Bendle/Carman-Ainsworth
Learning Community
Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
Location: Flint, Michigan
MI
Owner: Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
$9.7
Million
a $50
Million
Bond
Issue
Project Cost: $4
Million
ofof
a $50
Million
Bond
Issue
Square Footage: New - 287,465 SF; Remodeled - 243,802 SF
At
the Person:
Bendle/Carman-Ainsworth (BCA) Learning Community, subdued lighting
Contact
with incandescent fixtures is a key feature with a calming homelike atmosphere for
In
2002, Carman-Ainsworth
High
School underwent
renovations
as part
of a $50
children.
Separately switched
fluorescent
fixtures major
increase
light levels
for cleaning
Million
Bond Issue
passed by voters.
schools
in theat
district
received major
upgrades
and community
presentation
needs.AllThe
architects
THA Architects
Engineers
felt
such
as lighting,
electrical,
and site
Students needs
occupied
the
it necessary
to ‘get
down to plumbing,
kid level’ toHVAC,
understand
thework.
environmental
of little
schools
while multiple
were for
simultaneously
constructed.
ones, providing
properprojects
ergonomics
the key users,
supervision and conveying a
safe,renovations
stimulating included
homelike modifying
environment
BCA a national
for Early
The
the has
roofmade
to highlight
the mainmodel
entrance
with
Childhood
Centers.
elegant, curving
blue canopies. Adjacently located guidance, counseling and main
office Education
spaces were
createdpresent
providing
the school
with
more security
and less
Early
Centers
unique
design
challenges
to meet
the confusion
needs of
for
students
and
visitors.
The
science
department
completed
their
master
plan by
young children and anxious parents. At the Bendle/Carman-Ainsworth Learning
adding
a
new
science
wing,
equipped
with
new
classrooms,
labs
and
prep
areas.
Community, those special needs are met at the front door and new entrance to The
the
athletic
departmentschool
received
new auxiliary
gym,
major
renovations
to existing
former elementary
thata visually
reduces
thewith
size of
the building.
Concerns
of a
locker rooms, new varsity team locker rooms, and a state-of-the-art weight and
lengthy drawn out facility with seemingly endless corridors for kids, were successfully
fitness center, as well as an athletic hall of fame with a new concession area as the
met with an innovative design incorporating four new wings along the spine of the
centerpiece. To highlight the department, a new athletic event entrance was created,
building as this facility was doubled in size. Colorful banners and planter boxes in the
mimicking the design of the school’s main entrance.
corridors provide a cheerful “neighborhood street” effect on the way to classrooms
and custom storage cubbies designed by the teachers allow for maximization of
storage for classroom users.