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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Mithun

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 6/14/2022
Program type(s): Education - K-12 School
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 68825
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 20600
Project substantial completion date: 6/14/2022
Climate zone: 4C
Project site: Partially previously developed
Project team: 
Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture: Mithun
Owner’s Representative: Bloom Projects
Structural Engineer: DCI Engineers
MEP Engineer, Telecom, Sustainability: PAE Engineers
Civil Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Building Envelope: 4EA Building Sciences
Acoustics and Lighting Design: Stantec
Food Service: JLR Design Group
PHIUS Consultant: O’Brien360
General Contractor: Exxel Pacific

Project Overview:
The new Upper School building at The Bush School, the largest Passive House certified school in the Western US and first Salmon Safe certified school in the country, serves as a learning laboratory with healthy materials, natural light and green stormwater systems. Nestled among protected exceptional trees, the Zero Energy certified building enhances teaching with flexible classrooms and spaces. The structure features mass plywood decking to reduce embodied carbon and optimize construction. Notably, the parent community advocated for a building addressing our climate crisis and implemented a protected status requirement to defend all sustainability elements from reduction or project removal.

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