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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Perkins&Will

Location: Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 1/5/2024
Program type(s): Education - K-12 School
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 1,148,442
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 445100
Project substantial completion date: 1/5/2024
Climate zone: Building America Climate Zone: Cold; IECC Climate Zone: 5; IECC Moisture Regime: A
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: 
Lighting Design: HLB Lighting Design; Traffic Engineering: Nelson\Nygaard ; Acoustic Engineering: Acentech; Civil Engineering: Nitsch Engineering; MEP Engineering: Bala TMP Consulting Engineers, Inc., IMEG; Energy Modeling: AKF Group, LLC; Structural Engineering: Engineers Design Group, Inc.; Landscape Design: Perkins&Will / Warner Larson, Inc.; Theater Consultant: Next Stage Design, LLC

Project Overview:
Belmont’s Zero Net Energy Middle & High School fosters connection, creativity, and growth through innovative architecture. A central interior street, crafted in wood and filled with daylight, links Middle and High Schools while showcasing student work, breaking barriers between school culture and student agency.

The project revitalizes Clay Pit Pond, transforming a post-industrial scar into intergenerational outdoor spaces with athletic fields, native planting, pathways, and outdoor dining. By replacing parking with nature, it strengthens community bonds.

At 445,100 GSF, it aims to be one of the largest NZEB high schools, achieved through community collaboration and eliminating on-site fossil fuel use.

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