Arrowstreet’s second project for KIPP charter schools is a new elementary and middle school in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. The facility includes a 4-story classroom wing, administrative offices, a cafeteria, and a gymnasium. This location will serve as the permanent home for the successful KIPP Academy Boston, eventually accommodating 650 students. Located in the heart of the Mattapan neighborhood and next to busy commuter rail tracks, the design team strategically positioned the 53,000-square-foot school to both mitigate the MBTA impact and knit the school into the surrounding urban fabric. To maximize the client’s budget and abbreviate construction duration, the school’s gymnasium was designed as an innovative pre-fabricated structure.

Project Details

location

Mattapan, Boston, MA

client/owner

KIPP Academy Boston

size

53,000 SF

Occupancy

650 Students

Awards

American School & University

Outstanding Design, Elementary Schools, 2017

Quote

“The team at Arrowstreet is phenomenal. They are great to work with, receptive to feedback, innovative and solutions-oriented. I am thankful for their expertise on our KIPP Academy Boston project.”

– Kevin Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, KIPP Academy

Photos by Ed Wonsek ArtWorks Inc.

Architectural Plans / Process