High Schools
Columbia City High School
Completed late 2020, Columbia City High School is our team’s most current example of designing for 21st Century learning.
Innovative 21st century learning concepts of transparency and flexibility, college and career programs, integrated technologies and advanced security design will prepare students at Columbia City High School for the rapidly-changing modern world. Academic houses provide a mix of open collaboration space and specialty space for instruction and research. The student-centered learning environments feature collaboration spaces that connect students and teachers while providing maximum visual control.
Expertise
Client
Whitley County Consolidated Schools
Location
Columbia City, IN
Scope
295,000 New SF
Challenges
Support a world-class project-based learning curriculum
Provide 21st century learning environments in a flexible, safe and technology-rich setting
Columbia City High School
The heart of Columbia City High School is a 7,083 SF Grand Commons that is one of the largest continuous learning environments in the state of Indiana. It is the town square, where students meet for small group study, for dining or for socializing.
Columbia City High School
Located right next to the Grand Commons is the school’s Innovation Center. This modern media center is one-fifth the size of a traditional high school library. It houses a collection of only 1,200 books, but provides multiple computer stations to allow students to pursue technology-based learning.
Columbia City High School
Each academy is anchored by a central collaboration space with flexible furniture and seating.
Columbia City High School
Mobile bookcases, desks, and even a mobile teacher’s station provide maximum choice.
Columbia City High School
A courtyard is positioned in the center of the academies and has direct access from the academic wing hallway and the first floor classrooms.
With extensive knowledge, expertise and experience, Fanning Howey thoughtfully transformed our dreams into an exciting reality that will provide our students, families and community a world class educational environment for now and in the future.
