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U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School
Design-Build
The
design - build u.s. military academy preparatory school will help in readying cadet candidates for west
point’s rigorous admission standards.
Location
West Point, NY
owner
USACE
CONSTRUCTION Cost
$107
million
SIze
256,000
sf
West Point’s latest addition, the U.S. Military
aggressive two-phase occupancy schedule.
Academy Prep School (USMAPS), will help
STV used building information modeling (BIM) to
in readying cadet candidates for the rigorous
coordinate design and construction disciplines.
admission standards of the U.S. Military Academy
(USMA). Under a design-build contract with the
exterior features a blend of brick masonry,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), STV, as
granite, and stone consistent with the West Point
both architect- and engineer-of-record, developed
architectural palette. Using these materials, STV
the final design and construction documents for
created a pattern of three different brick colors
the new, 256,000-sf school, which earned LEED®
and two types of stone. This pattern suggests a
Gold certification. The firm provided architectural,
rhythmic elevation and gives the school a unique
civil, electrical, mechanical, environmental, and
visual identity. The school’s horizontal layout also
structural engineering services.
distinguishes it from the USMA.
Throughout
USMAPS consists of three ADA-compliant
In addition to a curtain wall, the school’s
the
design,
STV
explored
linked buildings: a 70,000-sf, 3-story co-ed
alternative materials and schemes to identify
barracks;
academic
ways to add aesthetic appeal, reduce costs, and
building; and a 69,968-sf indoor athletic facility
expedite construction. The firm worked closely
with an adjacent 35,152-sf covered practice
with the contractor to ensure that the project was
field. The school was constructed under an
completed on schedule.
an
81,880-sf,
4-story