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Hickory Middle + Hugo Owens Middle
Client: Chesapeake Public Schools

192,459 sf :: $16 million (each)

VIA design architects, pc assisted Chesapeake Public Schools
in establishing a middle school educational program for these
two schools. Extensive interviews with department heads
were conducted to establish this program. The project was on
a tight time frame, so careful management of the client was
required for this phase. The design of the two schools is a site
adapt with flexibility in the building footprint to accommodate
two separate sites. Each school is 192,459sf with a
construction budget of $16, 500,000 each, including site
improvements. The school program consists of 48 general
classrooms, 12 science rooms, art, computer, language,
music, general special education, cross categorical special-
ed, and business labs/ classrooms. A 750 seat auditorium,
media center, kitchen/dining, a multi-purpose room, and two
gymnasiums are the larger program components. These
schools house grades 6, 7, and 8, and Hickory will share
several of its athletic fields with the adjacent new high school.