Marquardt SD15

Design for a new performing arts center was approved by the School Board Thursday night. Slingshot collaborated with Legat Architects to design the project near Chicago. David had worked on the previous campus plan including a new Administration Building and Commons addition to the middle school and the Performing Arts Center was discussed then as a future project. Working again with Dr. Loren May, a friend and SD15 superintendent, has been like old times.  Not only did David join the team, but the original construction manager and many of the engineers as well. It has been like ‘putting the old band back together’.

The new 500 seat auditorium and lobby form the bridge between the Commons addition and the connecting canopy of the 6th grade Center.  The Art addition is the centerpiece within the newly created courtyard and sculpture garden.  New band, orchestra, choral and drama classrooms wrap the south and west of the auditorium.  Materials where chosen to blend or compliment previous projects continue the campus feel. Really looking forward to completing the vision we started ten years ago.