St. Brendan  High School

“St. Brendan Catholic High School is a co-educational private Roman Catholic high school situated on a shared site with the St. John Vianney College Seminary. The scope of the project included site master planning, program development and site plan approval process through the required County agencies. The overall design objective of the campus master plan was to provide an engaged environment for students and faculty to learn, interact and participate in creative programs to enhance their educational experience in the pursuit of becoming life-long learners. The unique, underlying challenge was to respect and enhance the two schools’ autonomy while acknowledging that certain commonalities and connections should and will occur. The site and future building designs emphasize the design of the total campus entity rather than the individual buildings. The “Sacred” or revered central axis of the Entry-Reflecting Pool and was respected and accentuated.
In order to accommodate technological advances and relevant skills development in each of the self-contained academies, significant campus updates, renovations and additions were required as identified in the 26-acre campus master plan prepared by the firm, to be accomplished in three phases. Phase I included the new Student Collaboration Center and various site improvements. Phase II will include the new construction of a Classroom Building and an Athletic Center with fields for soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, and track. Additionally, two classroom buildings will be renovated, the Cafetorium will be renovated and expanded, and a secondary entry to the campus will be added, as well as additional parking and site improvements. The final phase of development will include the renovation of the remaining Classroom Building, the existing pool, and the new construction of an Auditorium/Fine Arts Building.”