Adlai E. Stevenson High School

creating a hands-on natural science education experience

This school is the first verified Net Zero Energy building in Illinois as acknowledged by the New Buildings Institute (NBI), LEED Schools Platinum, and the first Living Architecture Performance Tool (LAPT) Platinum certified project in the world.

The 50,000-sf addition was designed to provide new learning environments aligned with the school’s educational paradigms. The new facility includes world language classrooms, maker labs, and multi-purpose presentation spaces for conferences and extended learning, as well as five advanced physics and engineering program labs. Unique aspects of the science spaces include reconfigurable labs with multiple teaching surfaces and a two-story atrium for vertical drops and robotics experiments.

Omni Ecosystems partnered on the amenity deck space of the project. A large active green wall system, rooftop greenhouse and exterior gardens support innovative instruction in biology and botany, with students producing food to demonstrate a farm-to-fork approach.

Location
Lincolnshire, IL

Type
New Construction
Addition
Education

Project Team
Wight & Company
Omni Workshop
Omni Rewild