Tour and Happy Hour

Art Rutkin Elementary School

Tuesday, November 9, 2023
4:30 – 5:30 pm Pacific
Happy Hour to follow tour

15600 SW River Terrace Blvd
Tigard, OR 97224

The OR/SW WA Chapter is excited to invite you to this special tour of Art Rutkin Elementary School in Lake Tigard, OR.

Named in honor of a beloved teacher and District leader, The Art Rutkin Elementary School reflects the community-oriented spirit of its’ namesake. Nestled into a steep hillside, the design of the new facility evokes the patterns and textures of the surrounding forest, clearly expresses the timber structure and maximizes students’ connection to the natural world. The school steps up a hill and is arranged in two parallel bars linked by a central community gathering space. The south bar is designed to allow community access after school hours and contains public spaces including the gym and media center. The north bar contains the school’s classrooms and collaborative spaces. Open courtyards to the east and west create indoor/outdoor connections to the landscape while bringing in daylight and ventilation. The overall site plan was designed with sustainability and equity in mind. A public multi-modal path runs through the site and connects a series of natural features throughout the neighborhood, including a significant storm water pond, a learning garden, a playground, and a soccer field. Equitable access is available to all members of the public in addition to the school community. A key design objective was to minimize embodied and operational carbon. The use of mass timber structure as well as traditional wood framing results in minimal use of carbon intensive concrete and steel. On the operational side, the school is designed to house the entire program under a broad, sweeping, continuous roof that is both angled and oriented to optimize on-site PV production. Community health is a key concern for TTSD. In addition to abundant natural light, low-to-no VOC interior materials and an extremely tight building envelope, the school also introduces an abundant amount of fresh outside air into the building via the use of heat recovery ventilators – a first for this District.

Learning Objectives:
Designing for community access and use:

• Explore & understand design approaches to low-embodied carbon building structures.
• Learn how to design “Net-Zero electric” facilities & navigate Oregon net-metering laws.
• Discover strategies that maximize “connectivity to nature” in the learning environment.
• Reflect on project lessons learned and improvements for the next one.

Project Team:
Architect of Record: Bora Architects
Landscape Architect: Lango Hansen
Structural Engineer: Catena Engineers
Electrical Engineer: Glumac
Civil Engineer: KPFF
Contractor: P&C Construction
Specialized Consultants: Lighting Design, AV Designer, Energy Analysis, Technology Integration – Glumac; Owner's Representative – OTAK; Acoustical Designer – Listen Acoustics
Owner: Tigard Tualatin School District

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Tour Art Rutkin Elementary School 15600 SW River Terrace Blvd Tigard, OR 97224
Following Tour	Happy Hour Taplandia 14350 SW Barrows Rd Portland, OR 97223

Members: Free | Non-Members: $20
Event Sponsor: $250

Please register by November 8.

Event Sponsor