Tennessee School for the Deaf High School and Dining Hall

This project focused on improving the overall experience and opportunities for students and staff. The new classrooms offer collaborative spaces that focus on sight lines and incorporate numerous design features to enhance the space for communicating in sign language.

Also included in the project was construction of a separate dining hall that serves up to 250 for dining and up to 500 for special events. The dining hall includes an outdoor patio for eating and socializing that overlooks the pedestrian quadrangle.

The program for the high school also includes post-secondary preparation and work-based learning opportunities for students that include administrative assistance, a school store, and a cafe that serves food prepared by the culinary arts program that reside in the dining hall.