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STATUS UPDATE

PTA MEETINGMAY 14, 2013

DeBakey HSHPNEW SCHOOL FACILITY

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New School Facility - Proposed Location

W. Holcombe Blvd x Pressler St in the TMC 2151 W. Holcombe Adjacent to Texas A&M Health Science

Center

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New Facility - Proposed Location

Existing building SW Corner of W. Holcombe

x Pressler 5 floor Garage Building Location Not Confirmed Yet HISD is working with TMC Quite a few challenges

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Design Process - HISD

HISD

Conference on March 6, 2013

Building 21 Century High Schools in HISD

Guidance Principles

21st Century School Parameters

Presentations by Leaders

Texas workforce demands

Transforming Career and Technical Education

Significance of Math and Technical Skills

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Design Process - Community

DeBakey & Community

Come together

Committees

Brainstormed to develop “what would we want in a new school”

Planning Meeting Feb 23, 2013

Formed 8 CommittesProject Advisory

Team

Breakout SessionsDiscussed IdeasFor a 21st Century

School

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HISD – Contractor Pre-qualifications

HISD

General Design Goal

Pre-qualifications

Short List

Tens of ArchitectsFeb – Apr 20131,000 hrs 3 Architects

ShortlistedBased on experienceUnique FacilityPresentations to the

PATPAT’s Rating

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Interview Architects – HISD + DeBakey + Community

April 22, 2013at Hattie Mae ESC

PageSoutherlandPage, Houston

Lake Flato + WHR Architects, San Antonio and Houston

HarrisonKornberg, Houston

Presentations ArchitectsExperienceSamplesVision of Building SchoolChallengesDesign ProcessCommunity EngagementFeedback to HISD

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PATH FORWARD

HISD

Contractor Selection

Lake Flato + WHR Architects, San Antonio and Houston

Initiate Design Process

Next 2 – 3 months

DeBakey + Community

Continue Dialogue

Provide the “theme” to the Architects

Guiding Principle for the design

Engage in Design Process

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PATH FORWARD - YOU

Check out Lake Flato’s website

WHR Architects’ website

Green School in North Dallas, etc.

Updates provided through a blogpost or similar

Under development