The Hammond School Innovation Center

The Innovation Center at Hammond School, opened at the start of academic year 2018-2019, represents the culmination of a process where Hammond leadership and administrators worked with Hammond faculty and students to discern their needs and wishes for new classrooms, lab spaces and technology. With those needs in mind, administrators engaged renowned architects, designers and leaders in education to bring to life a space that is high-tech and highly functional. The Innovation Center is also adaptive to ensure that these spaces can change over time as technology changes.

To gain a better understanding of the project, we interviewed Chris Angel, the Headmaster of Hammond, Mark Hood, an alumnus of the school and president of Hood Construction, and members of the architectural firm, Garvin Design Group.

“The Innovation Center synthesizes research gleaned from schools and university settings around the country about their science and technology centers, with the needs of our talented teaching staff and the needs of our students,” said Chris Angel, headmaster of Hammond School. “The building offers the latest tools for educating our students in the all-important science, technology, engineering and math studies, but it’s also an adaptable space with room for growth and addition of new tools to help our students excel in these areas.”