HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-05-SBC-min (Exterior and Interior Focus Group) MEETING
Meeting Date: September 5, 2024
Project Name: Lexington High School
Project Number:
Subject: Exterior and Interior Focus Group Meeting
Attendees:
Present Name Affiliation Present Name Affiliation
Kathleen Lenihan SBC Chair&SC Member Timothy Lee(TL) Design Advisory
(KL) Committee
Michael Cronin SBC Vice-Chair&LPS Henrietta Mei(HM) Permanent Building
(MC) Facilities Committee
Julie Hackett(j H) Superintendent Todd Rhodes(TD) Sustainable Lexington
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Vice Chair
Cynthia Arens Sustainable Lexington Elizabeth Yan(EY) LHS Student
(CA) Committee Chair
Mark Connor Tree Committee Co-Chair Luke Yung(LY) LHS Student
(MC2)
Jeff Harris(JH2) Computer Science Teacher Lorraine Finnegan SMMA Project
(LF) Manager
Jon HimmelH3) Permanent Buil �
Q ding ✓ Matt Rice(MR) SMMA Project
Committee Chair Architect
Chris Bouchard Project Engineer Brian Black(BB) SMMA Design
(CB) Architect
Rachel Jayson(RJ) Performing Arts Teacher Alicia Kosasih(AK2) SMMA Interior
Designer
Wendy Krum Permanent Building Michael Dowhan SMMA Architectural
(WK) Committee (MD) Designer
✓ AnoushKiatian SM MA Assistant Project
Mike Burton(MB) Dore+Whittier
(AK) Manager
Damian Baineschi Christina Dell Dore+Whittier
(DB) Angelo(CD)
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Alan Levine
(AL) Appropriations Committee :Rachel Rincon Dore+Whittier
✓ Vincent Leroy(VL)
Lin Jensen(
LJ) ✓ Jacob Greco OG) Dore+Whittier
Tina McBride(TM) ✓ Tom FAUST SMMA
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Agenda Description
Item
1. Introduction: Refer to attendees list.
• SMMA shared a presentation that will be referenced throughout these minutes, please view it
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2. Recap Discussion Topics
• Exterior& Interior Design
o Discuss the architectural and interior design of the school building, and its integration
with the site and
landscape design. Includes conversations about sustainability, functionality, performance, cost-
effectiveness and aesthetic expression.As design progresses, conversations will focus on feature
elements such as building entrances, signature spaces, and material and color selections.
• M.Rice reviewed the current project timeline (Slide 6)
• M.Rice shared the recap of the discussion topics (Slide 8)
1. Designing for the Future- Economy, Flexibility and Growth
2. Sustainability- Lexington's Integrated Design Policy and Building Performance Requirements
3.Access to Outdoors & Integrating Exterior and Interior Learning Environments
4. Balancing Educational and Community Space Needs
5. Designing in the Context of Lexington - Creating a Sense of Place and Identity
3. Review Current Options
• B.Black reviewed the Massing Options- Discuss and Evaluate according to the areas of focus:
(Slide 10)
o Designing for the Future- Economy, Flexibility and Growth
o Sustainability- Lexington's Integrated Design Policy and Building Performance
Requirements
o Access to Outdoors & Integrating Exterior and Interior Learning Environments
o Balancing Educational and Community Space Needs
o Designing in the Context of Lexington - Creating a Sense of Place and Identity
o These included Renovation &Addition - Phased in Place
B.1
B.4
o New Construction- Phased in Place
• D.2
o New Construction- On the Fields
• C.1 b
C.2b
C.Sb
• B.Black reviewed Exterior Material Options(Slide 33)
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• S.Sopelak reviewed Healthy Interior Material Options &Goals (Slide 38)
4. Discussion
• O.Guttag asked for an hour meeting with the design team to review her groups plans
o M.Rice noted they will bring this back to the SBC
• J.Himmel noted that the adjacency diagram should be highlighted which spaces will be public for
community use. Himmel also noted that the schemes have different clarity to them and the
renovation schemes are harder to get that clarity due to the nature of the project. He noted the
public community aspects should be closer to the core of the building.
o B.Black noted they are at the stage
o M.Rice noted yesterday,A.Baker noted how the existing building is already used by the
community and rented often. Rice noted it'll be important to note how to close off
portions of the building.
• J.Himmel noted it is interesting to see the narrative proposed and to reflect on the questions
about how LEED Gold is too far of a reach. Himmel also noted it might be nice to look at these
recommendations provided today and see if they are not required in other communities. He
noted it would be good to break these out so they can be compared without going back to the
estimators. Himmel noted it may be useful to look at the more expensive exterior options and
see if they could ultimately save construction time due to their easy install compared to some
easier options
o B.Black noted it would be interesting to study this and there will be some tradeoffs for
each of the options
o M.Rice noted this will be best to dive into during the Schematic Design Phase when the
team has a construction manager at risk on board
• J.Himmel wonders how drastically a scheme can change from PSR to SD and still be considered
that scheme
o Somerville scheme was pretty fully formed in PSR because constraints were so definite
o Waltham was less similar to the eventual design but in early SD there was a lot of
iterating on form finding to get to ultimate design
o Recognizable form PSR to CD
o Trying to focus on the opportunities of each of the 6
• J.Himmel noted on slide 43 it is a very optimistic way of looking at the red list materials and it
would be more encouraging to flip the timeline that is on slide 44 and then section them out by
each category
o B.Black agreed as there is no point to talking about materials that they will never use
• J.Himmel noted it was very promising to see all the red list free materials already
• O.Guttag asked if the construction could occur on second shift to help with disruptions to
students
o M.Rice noted that the abutters also probably would find that disrupting given the hour of
the day, and it would cost a lot more money to complete
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5. Close
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Sincerely,
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Jacob Greco
Assistant Project Manager
Cc:Attendees, File
The above is my summation of our meeting. If you have any additions and/or corrections, please contact me
for incorporation into these minutes.
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