Mountainside High School
Beaverton, OR
Business Type
New high school for up to 2,200 students
Size
335,000 square feet
Architect
Bora Architects
Owner
Beaverton School District
To accommodate rapid growth in the Beaverton School District, this high school is built on a greenfield site and includes academic curriculum space including culinary learning space, auditoriums, and laboratories with an expansive courtyard that doubles as an outdoor classroom space.
Special Features
- Better than Oregon Department of Energy Target EUI for high schools and 45% better than Oregon code.
- School is designed to host community events, and can be used as an emergency shelter for increased community resiliency.
- To help the project team achieve the owner’s energy savings goals, PAE performed life cycle analysis of envelope and worked closely with the project team to optimize energy use within the demands of the project budget.