Caldera High School

Caldera High School provides a flexible, welcoming, and innovative learning environment that prepares students to think critically and positively engage in society. It is a place where students, staff, and the larger community can feel safe and connected. The spaces thoughtfully reflect access and equity as core values, empowering each student to interact purposefully with each other and their communities.

This “school of the future” features adaptable, functional spaces that meet the diverse needs in the present and can respond to educational innovations in the future. The building contains a variety of engaging spaces that stimulate deep learning, helping students discover their passions, and become independent learners that are prepared for success in college, careers and life.

Client: Bend-La Pine Schools
Location: Bend, OR
Completion: Fall 2021
Size: 255,000 SF
Sustainability: LEED-Silver Equivalent
Grade Level: 9-12
Capacity: 1,600
TRANSPARENCY AND
VISUAL CONNECTION

Connection and camaraderie are promoted through open and transparent spaces. Looking into collaborative spaces, laboratories, and other learning environments inspires students to explore new subjects.

COLLABORATION –
SMALL AND LARGE

At every opportunity, the goals of collaboration, group interaction, and adaptable learning spaces are fulfilled. Areas are scaled to support various activities and group sizes such as independent study, small group activities, and large group learning.

A CENTER
WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

The media center transcends boundaries between students to create areas where occupants share knowledge freely. Large work tables and pin-up areas make the media center a space to process knowledge and evolve ideas through group discussion and collaboration.

A CENTRAL
PLAZA

As the heart of the school, the commons is located where paths unite and provides uninterrupted views through all corridors. Following a theme that runs through the building, the space is designed to accommodate multiple scales of interaction.