Thatcher Hall – Darlington Middle School

Thatcher Hall is an addition to Darlington School, a college preparatory school in Rome, Georgia, which serves students in pre-school through twelfth grade in both day and boarding capacities. It replaced the existing middle school, originally built in 1962, in order to provide a larger space for a significantly larger student body as well as music and choral rooms, media center, etc. not present in the original building.

The construction is part of the school’s Second Century Campaign to improve and increase the quality of the school in its second century (Darlington School was founded in 1905). The building is two stories and roughly 50,000 SF. Grades are segregated by story, with fifth and sixth graders being on the first floor and seventh and eigth graders on the second floor. Aside from classrooms, the building will house a dining hall, band, and choral rooms, a science laboratory, as well as offices for faculty and staff.

CxGBS guided the project team to attain the first LEED for Schools certification awarded in Georgia.

Added value through CxGBS® services:

• 40 percent reduction in overall annual water consumption
• 28 percent reduction in building energy usage
• Local materials used in construction
• Low use of volatile organic compounds (VOC) materials
• Natural daylighting

TEAM:

Owner:
Darlington School

Design Professionals:
Chapman Coyle Chapman and Associates

Construction Professionals:
RJ Griffith & Company

Commissioning Professionals:
Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.