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Lying south of Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is a rapidly growing community with a population that increased nearly 70% in twenty years. Like other growing cities, Oak Creek faced the challenge of meeting the educational needs of its K-12 students. These needs were met in part when the $24 million, 180,000 sq ft East Middle School opened its doors in September 2008. The firm of Eppstein Uhen Architects envisioned the new facility: "We designed a new 6-8 middle school for the rapidly growing district. Designed as a house concept with a capacity of 1,000 students, each grade wing contains two multi-purpose spaces for the three houses to share to promote co-curricular activities such as movies and instructional programming."
Prominent Features
The continual comings and goings of boisterous preteens puts a heavy demand on both internal and external doorways throughout the school. To stand up to the wear and tear as well as to ensure students’ safety and security, specifiers chose versatile DORMA Architectural Hardware: 8900 Series Heavy-Duty Door Closers, TS93 Series Door Closers, 9000 Series Heavy-Duty Exit Devices, Narrow Stile Exit Devices, CL800 Series Cylindrical Locksets, and EMF Series Hold Open Devices.
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Project Info
| Project |
Oak Creek East Middle School |
| Architect |
Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Constructor |
VJS Construction Services |
| Location |
53154 Oak Creek, WI |
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