Oakland Unified School District
EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATION DESIGN GUIDELINES
A detailed facility requirement for the academic and support service programs operating in the Oakland Unified School District
With a strategic vision to create “a Full Service Community School District,” the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) engaged MKThink to develop Educational Specification Design Guidelines. MKThink developed physical design guidelines and functional requirements for rooms, building systems, and school grounds and included additional guidelines to adequately accommodate new patterns of use, enable shared access, and provide improved security throughout the day. MKThink worked closely with OUSD staff and school facility experts to conduct a study of relevant school facility code requirements and best practices. As projects emerge, MKThink continues to help the Oakland Unified School District update its Educational Specification Design Guidelines.
CHALLENGE
To develop specific design guidelines and functional requirements for schools while accommodating new patterns of use, enabling shared access, and providing improved security.
APPROACH
MKThink worked closely with OUSD staff and school facility experts to conduct a study of relevant school facility code requirements and best practices. MKThink developed physical design guidelines and functional requirements for rooms, building systems, and school grounds and included additional guidelines to accommodate new patterns of use adequately, enable shared access, and provide improved security throughout the day.
RESULT
Working groups of OUSD stakeholders developed content for this document by discussing topics identified in the 2012 Facilities Master Plan.
DATE
2014
CITY
Oakland
STATE
California
SIZE/SCALE
5,926,301 SF
MARKET
K-12
SERVICES
Data Collection, Data Analysis, Design Specifications, Facilities Assessment, Visioning, Master Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Schematic Design, and Conceptual Design.