THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL SCIENCE CENTER

• Location: Dallas, Texas

• Architect: GFF Architects

• Size: 75,000 SF

• Photographer: Charles Davis Smith, FAIA

LuM Lighting Design worked with Dallas-based, GFF Architects, on GFF Architects on Phase One of the Hockaday School Centennial Center. This phase of the project includes a total renovation of the existing two-story science building, the addition of a third floor of teaching spaces and the creation of the Lyda Hill STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Institute. Middle and upper school science labs were reorganized by discipline, with chemistry on the first floor, physics on the second and biology on the third, to take advantage of a new green roof teaching space. A new three-story atrium with a Foucault pendulum provided visual and physical communication between floors, as well as an interdisciplinary connection between science and the adjacent Center for the Arts facility. Multi-use display spaces throughout the building have adjustable track lighting to accommodate a variety of exhibit types. A room specifically designed with lighting to allow for a portable planetarium projector is able to double as a regular classroom when not needed for astronomy study.