Client

Harding Fine Arts Academy

Project Type

Institutional: Education
Full Service, High-School: Grades 9-12

Location

Oklahoma City, OK

Area

157,000 SF

Roles

Architecture
Interior Design

Status

Phase 1: Complete
Programming + Schematic Design

Phase 2: In Progress

Harding Fine Arts Academy

A historic charter school with an arts-focused curriculum completes an integrated, historically preserved renovation.

After a successful community campaign and bid to purchase their historic building, Harding Fine Arts Academy engaged Gardner to provide a design solution that will upgrade the existing campus in order to better serve the students of today. The three core goals of the site programming include (1) historic preservation, (2) analysis of existing building code/accessibility, compliance, and recommendations to rectify areas of noncompliance, and (3) program building and exterior spaces to enable Harding to be the premier arts integration high school.

Paramount to this project is creating a space that fosters student collaboration via flexible spaces that encourage spontaneous interactions—all while signaling the institution’s arts focus to the community.

Credits

Construction

Smith & Pickel

Gardner Project Team

Project Director

Jen Woods

Project Administrator

Mike Patterson

Design Associate

Jessica Black

Studio Director

Zack Woods

Principal

Jeremy Gardner