HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, HOUSTON

Holy Trinity Episcopal School is located in northeast Houston, and serves students from PK-3 through 5th grade. The mission of HTES is “to prepare students for higher education and a meaningful life experience through a program emphasizing academic excellence, spiritual development, and social responsibility.”

The project includes a complete transformation of the building interiors, along with many exterior improvements. The existing building felt outdated and did not serve the school’s vision of a welcoming, engaging, and inspiring place for learning. In addition, HTES wanted to remove several old portable buildings that were adversely impacting the image of the campus. To accomplish this, new classrooms were created inside the main building. Functionally, HTES requested a dedicated cafeteria, a theater, upgraded toilet rooms, and reconfigured administrative offices.

HTES is now a vibrant and energetic place for learning! The lobby is welcoming and provides improved security through a vestibule. Fresh finishes and furniture brighten the classrooms, and the hallways are colorful and dynamic. To support performing arts, the existing gym was renovated into a gymnatorium through the introduction of a stage, acoustical panels, sports flooring, and new audio/visual/lighting equipment. Extra space in the gym was captured to create two classrooms and a multi-purpose cafeteria/chapel. Outside, a canopy next to the cafeteria provides a wonderful place to eat outside with views of the student garden. At the front of the school, a new canopy allows student to be picked up and dropped off under cover, and the playground was significantly upgraded. The renovation of the campus has provided much needed improvements to help the school accomplish its mission to prepare students for higher education and a meaningful life experience.

POST OAK SCHOOL MUSEUM DISTRICT CAMPUS, HOUSTON

Improvements made by MHPA to the Post Oak School Museum District Campus include a new “Tinker Lab” Makerspace Building, a Classroom Building, and a Pavilion.

The Tinker Lab provides a larger home for the school’s Makerspace curriculum and includes a covered work area to facilitate outdoor projects such as making Art Cars. The Lab creates a new edge for the school’s main courtyard, which was renovated to provide more usable outdoor space for socializing and athletics.

The Pavilion provides much needed covered outdoor space for basketball, volleyball, netball, and special events. Sunshades and large fans help keep the space cool. The adjacent Classroom Building was made with portable buildings, customized to blend in with the architectural character of the campus. A green lawn between the Pavilion and Classroom Building provides additional recreation space.

ALIEF MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL, HOUSTON

The new 21,000 S.F. building provides classrooms, enrichment spaces, and a theater that will allow the school to expand its popular curriculum through the middle school level. Large, light-filled, flexible classrooms accommodate the school’s Montessori pedagogy. The theater can host an audience of 300, or be divided into multiple classrooms, and the exterior is clad with metal paneling to match the existing campus.

Epiphany of the Lord Catholic School, Katy

Epiphany of the Lord Catholic School was commissioned by the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston to establish a new Catholic day school in Katy. Our firm developed a master plan to study the viability of the school, and to address building issues that had arisen over the parish’s twenty-five years of growth. The master plan adds a new two-story classroom building to replace outdated single-story education buildings. The new classroom building, in addition to renovations within the existing faith formation building, will accommodate a new day school for over eight-hundred children. Working closely with the building committee, our firm employed a classical architectural style, to reflect a Catholic education at Epiphany and to differentiate the school from nearby Katy ISD schools.

Concordia Lutheran High School, Tomball

The new academic wing, commons and pavilion are the first phase of our firm’s master plan for Concordia Lutheran High School. The new academic wing creates the fresh and inviting image to the community that the school sought to project. The commons provides a versatile space for collaborative learning, large group meetings, receptions and special events. The pavilion, an adjacent covered “porch” to the commons, creates a shaded outdoor area for dining and special events, activating a formerly unused outdoor space. Future phases will include a new fine arts center, athletic center expansion, new field house and new athletic fields.

All Saints Episcopal School, Beaumont

All Saints Episcopal School sought to expand their mid-century style campus, originally designed by Fehr and Granger of Austin. While recent additions to the school had abandoned the gentle barrel vault roofs and stone walls of the original school, our firm’s additions recapture both the character and the energy efficiency of the school’s original architecture. The project provides a classroom “pod” for grades three through five, a new dining pavilion, and renovated administrative offices.

SER-Niños Charter Elementary School, Houston

This 33,000 S.F. building formed the second campus for SER-Niños Charter School. The school provides for children in Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade for families in the Gulfton area of Houston. In addition to providing two Classrooms per grade, the program includes a Multi-Purpose Gymnasium/ Cafeteria/ Auditorium, Kitchen, Library, Administrative space and Enrichment Rooms. Brightly colored metal panels are used with brick to give a fresh and vibrant image to the school.

St. Paul’s School, Houston

This 10,000 sq ft addition and 25,000 sq ft renovation provides for expansion and enhancement of St. Paul’s School. The work has transformed a dark, outdated building into a light, vibrant, and new building that is especially inviting to children. The building provides a fresh contrast with the historic Gothic sanctuary and has been certified LEED Silver. The scope of work included restoring the exterior stone and replacing all of the windows with new energy efficient windows.