Hillbrook School
MAKER HUB
Where making becomes the heart of the learning experience
The Maker Hub brings to the physical center of the campus programs already at its philosophical core: making, S.T.E.A.M., and student-driven learning. The new building is the culminating project in a six-year master planning initiative that reconfigured the campus into a hub-and-spoke model. The Maker Hub centralizes analog and digital tools and materials for design, making, scientific inquiry, engineering, woodworking, and visual and performing arts. The building is divided into three workshops separated by garage and sliding doors, making the space easily adaptable to different activities. Exposed ceiling trusses and raw plywood create an aesthetic that welcomes the messiness of experimentation and collaboration.
CHALLENGE
To bring the campus programs together in a physical center.
APPROACH
MKThink utilized analog and digital tools and materials to design a space for making, scientific inquiry, engineering, woodworking, and visual and performing arts. The team divided the building into three workshops separated by garage and sliding doors, making the area easily adaptable to different activities. Exposed ceiling trusses and raw plywood create an aesthetic that welcomes the messiness of experimentation and collaboration
RESULT
The Maker Hub is the next generation of the school’s iLab, one of the first maker spaces in the country.
DATE
2017 - 2019
CITY
Los Gatos
STATE
California
SIZE/SCALE
3,000 SF
MARKET
K-12
SERVICES
Conceptual Design Schematic Design Design Development Construction Administration