Building upon the momentum of the school’s recently adopted strategic plan, Lawrenceville 20/20, the school initiated a campus master planning process to set the strategic plan in motion. The master plan for The Lawrenceville School is comprehensive in scope and addresses the pedestrianization of the campus, circulation and movement, landscape structure and spaces, natural systems and hydrology, and programming and identification of space needs, with focused investigations around maker spaces, dining, residential life, and a future field house. Underpinning all aspects of the plan is the desire to maintain a fine balance between its historic legacy and contemporary relevance.

Implementation

Sasaki is currently collaborating with Lawrenceville to implement the final master plan. The first phase of implementation includes a new arts building and an athletic and dining complex.

The Gruss Center for Art and Design establishes a sustainable connection between learning environments and the current historic nature of the Lawrenceville campus. Located between two existing structures, the new building will connect current classrooms with 15,000sf of new work-focused spaces on three levels that host, among other programs, student engagement areas, Maker Spaces (including wood and metal shops, Clean Labs and meeting rooms), Large storage areas in support of the Maker Spaces, a 2,000sf flexible room, and landscape spaces and plazas.

The flexible learning space was incorporated into the design to give the school a place to host a multitude of events, including science fairs, and even large lectures. This room could also be divided in half or quarters to host up to four groups conducting different meetings at one time.

The Tsai Field House will replace the current Irwin Dining Hall and renovate the existing field house to create a new complex that will include an ice rink, pool, basketball gym, fitness facilities, and a set of new landscape courts and plazas that connect to the fields.