New School Building Project – Community Design Workshop (Sustainability)

Help shape the design of Somerville next new school building. 

As part of the design process for the new school building at 115 Sycamore Street, all community members are invited to join a collaborative workshop focused on sustainability on Monday, April 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the East Somerville Community School.  

Project architects, Perkins Eastman, along with City staff, will share school project goals as well as opportunities to incorporate the City’s climate goals into the design. Community members will then be invited to discuss and provide their perspectives and ideas.  

Examples of topics covered will include energy-efficiency, outdoor play and gardens, healthy learning spaces, building materials including embodied carbon (greenhouse gas emissions over the lifetime of the building), and more. No familiarity or prior experience with these topics is needed to participate.  

The feedback gathered will be used by the City’s project team and architects to help inform preliminary design efforts and work moving forward.  

More information about the school building project are available at somervillema.gov/newschool.

Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact the ADA Coordinator at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or ADA@somervillema.gov.

The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at languageaccess@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event.