Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth

Vancouver, WA

The Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY) is Washington state’s only residential American Sign Language (ASL) – English bilingual school for deaf and hard of hearing students. The project includes a new 35,000 sf Divine Academic Hall (with administration, project-based learning embedded classrooms for grades K-12, and a library media center), 16,250 sf Hunter Gymnasium, outdoor fields, playground and parking areas.

Mass Timber Research and Implementation
Divine Academic Hall incorporates glue-laminated wood for columns and beams, as well as three-ply cross-laminated (CLT) timber for the roof structure and floors, informed by Mithun’s Building Better Schools R+D study. The system is cost competitive with more traditional building systems, and results in a ratio of less than .50 cubic feet of wood fiber per gross square foot of building area (which is below industry standard). 

Deaf-led Design Process
The Skanska | Mithun progressive design-build team, along with DeafSpace consultants Robert T. Sirvage and Hansel Bauman, worked collaboratively with CDHY, Washington Department of Enterprise Services (DES) staff and students to incorporate DeafSpace principles as part of a deaf-led design process. Through this process, the mass timber design was optimized to bring biophilic benefits to student well-being and learning outcomes, and make the most of acoustic vibrations to extend occupants’ sensory reach (Deaf people “read” the activities in their surroundings that may not be immediately apparent to many hearing people through an acute sensitivity of visual and tactile cues).

Version History
  • Project uploaded by Marna Abrams on 12-19-2023
  • Project last updated by WoodWorks Innovation Network (WIN) on 08-20-2024
Project Details
  • Année de construction

    2024

  • Number Of Stories

    2

  • Système

    Bois massif

  • Mètres carrés

    4,761

  • Type de construction:

    V-B

  • Type de bâtiment:

    Éducatif

  • Types de matériaux:

    Bois massif
    Bois lamellé-croisé
    Bois Lamellé-Collé
    Hybride

Project Team
Version History
  • Project uploaded by Marna Abrams on 12-19-2023
  • Project last updated by WoodWorks Innovation Network (WIN) on 08-20-2024
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