Interpretive Master Planning: A Holistic Approach to Transforming Your School Campus
What is Interpretive Master Planning?
You probably have a campus architecture plan and a strategic plan for your school, along with some form of curricular and co-curricular programming.
But it's hard to unify your people and resources into a cohesive organization that consistently delivers on your promises.
What you want is an approach that overcomes the silos and energizes your mission to achieve maximum impact. Because culture is the one transcendent differentiator you have that can't be replicated by your competition.
Interpretive Master Planning is a holistic approach to campus design and planning, one that enables a culture of purposeful engagement and authentic excellence.
"IMP" has been utilized for decades by museums, hospitals, nature preserves, and more to craft a distinctive identity, and now schools are discovering the powerful advantages of this design approach. It focuses the mission, vision, core values, and goals into tangibly energized experiences throughout the campus, building brand authenticity by utilizing the full assets of the institution to elevate teaching, learning, and the entire experience for all stakeholders.
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Interpretive Master Planning Gives You a Unifying Game Plan
Physical
Assets & Spaces
Formal & Living Curriculum
Culture & Community
Create spaces that support your school's culture and tell your story.
Start Where You Are
1. Leadership & Board Convening
Collaboratively agree to a higher level of planning and results
2. Organizational Assessment
Clarify the past & present for an intentional future
3. Design &
Implementation
Craft plans to become more authentic, beautiful, and real.
We’ll show you how you can achieve competitive advantage and sustainable excellence through the holistic approach of Interpretive Master Planning.
Metcalfe Architecture Partners with School Growth to Offer this Integrated Service
Metcalfe Architecture and Design has partnered with School Growth to deliver this transformative approach to school design and innovation. Because Interpretive Master Planning progressively makes the story of your school more authentic, beautiful, and real.
“When we interviewed architect firms for our new residence hall for women, we were looking for a firm that 'got us.' A firm that would listen carefully and offer us the building we wanted, not the building the firm wanted. We found everything we want, and more, in Metcalfe. They are great to work with, listen well, are incredibly responsive, both to our needs and in the day to day working relationship. I have worked with many firms over the years, and often I feel like I get a cookie-cutter result. Not with Metcalfe. They have my complete and unalloyed recommendation. The new residence hall is the first of many new buildings we imagine coming out of our master planning exercise - I strongly suspect we will be working with Metcalfe for years to come.”
- Tom Wilschutz, Head of School, Solebury School
We welcome the opportunity to discuss how our combined expertise will accelerate your growth goals.
