Lubbock-Cooper ISD
- k12 education, interiors
- Lubbock, Texas
Project Scope
33,400 SF
Construction Type
New
Project Delivery Method
Construction Manager at Risk
Project Components
New administrative offices and flexible collaborative spaces
Lubbock-Cooper ISD is one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state of Texas. With this growth, comes many challenges. One of these being the increase in the number of administrative staff. With a total of nine departments, and due to this rapid growth LCISD has outgrown their current facility, thus having to relocate various departments to other campuses.
The new central administrative offices building is located between many of the campuses. This allows staff, and the police department to minimize travel time to each campus, as well as bringing all departments under one roof.
LCISD’s superintendent had one request: incorporate various aspects of 21st-century school design into the new facility.
Departments or “neighborhoods” are arranged around a primary corridor. Seven of the nine departments are accessible from this main corridor. One department is accessed through the main lobby, and the other department is accessed via an adjacent department. This concept allows the district to minimize the number of entrances into each department and provides an additional level of security for the staff.
Collaboration spaces are incorporated within each department. This allows staff to meet in small groups without leaving their “neighborhood” or having to reserve a conference room. Not only are the collaboration spaces flexible, but the district training room and breakroom are also designed to be reduced in size with the use of folding partitions allowing various sizes of collaboration spaces to be created in the facility.
To reinforce the idea of openness, accountability and visibility, interior offices are designed with one wall being two-thirds glass with most of the offices opening into the collaboration space. Offices along the exterior of the building are designed with full height glazing from floor to ceiling, thus allowing daylight to penetrate further into the building.
LCISD’s new central administration is designed to accommodate future growth as well. At 33,400 square feet, the new facility will accommodate additional growth without increasing the size of the facility.