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Live video of the construction site. Best viewed with Firefox or Safari.
Head of School John Packard is the first to tell you a building is not just a building. It’s not just a pile of bricks or wooden beams; but rather a physical space in which meaningful relationships between faculty and students can flourish, adhering to the school’s mission statement: At Brooks School, we seek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives.
The school's new dormitory, which broke ground in mid-September, is the first student residential space to be built since the Hettinger East and West dormitories in 1984. Without increasing enrollment, the building will not only feature the lowest faculty-to-student ratio of any dorm on campus, but will also help ease tight quarters in other residences.
The building features a number of environmentally friendly elements that align with the school’s current construction model: to build durable, sustainable buildings, like the Science Center, that will minimize the use of resources and their impact on the environment, as well as minimize future operation costs. For updates on the construction process, please check this webpage throughout the year. You'll find here news updates, time-elapsed videos of construction, as well as a live feed to the site. Have a question? E-mail Director of Facilities Management John Trovage. |
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| Start Date | September 2011
Anticipated Completion Date | June 2012
Building Details | Two-story, 13,992-square-foot structure consisting of a 22-bed dormitory, a second-floor faculty apartment and two attached faculty houses.
Construction Cost | The $3.3 million project is already fully funded.
Location | Perpendicular to Blake House and across the street from PBA dormitory.
General Contractor | Nauset Construction Corporation, whose president Anthony Papantonis ’81 P’13, is an alum and current parent of Brooks School. |
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