HERITAGE WOODS SECONDARY SCHOOL

Client:

Coquitlam School District #43

Date of Completion

November 2004

Budget:

Building: $14 million

Sitework: $5 million

Size:

11, 770 square metres

Features:

-325 seat theatre

-three storey atrium

Construction:

Tilt-up concrete and steel frame

This 1200-student public secondary school is designed in accordance with "Green Design" principles and features ventilation air to air heat recovery systems, ground-source heating/cooling, water conservation measures, day-lighting, natural ventilation, and on-site storm water retention, among others.
This is the first LEED certified school in BC, and the first school to achieve LEED Silver in Canada.

Architects: KMBR Architects

above: installation of the ground source heating and cooling piping during construction
below: finished field over ground source system

above left: main entrance
above right: detail of east elevation, theatre exterior
below: south elevation, completed school