Alameda Unified School District Celebrates New Campus Facilities at Wood Middle School

Alameda Unified School District recently celebrated the completion of a major redevelopment and new construction project at Wood Middle School in California. Designed by Quattrocchi Kwok Architects and built by Lathrop Construction Associates, the project replaces aging, outdated facilities with a modern campus designed to better serve the district’s students and the surrounding community.

Funded by Measure B, the $298-million facilities bond approved by voters in 2022, this significant modernization project included the removal of three portable buildings and three relocatable buildings, as well as the demolition of an aging three-story classroom building. In their place, the campus now features a new administration and media center, gymnasium and two-story classroom building, totaling 48,000 square feet of new construction. The design also incorporates significant site improvements, including new landscaping, courtyards, a shade structure and solar PV canopy.

Rather than modernizing the original outdated three-story structure — which the project team determined was structurally limiting — the choice to rebuild allowed for a complete layout reimagining. Replacing the building enabled the creation of a new campus driveway, improving pick-up and drop-off safety. This design also features a parking lot with more than 70 spaces, including accessible and electric vehicle parking, which relieves local street parking pressures around the neighboring city park. Due to close coordination with the city of Alameda, the project also integrated bikeway improvements and site frontage.

With environmental sustainability serving as a core design priority, the school features key green upgrades, such as rooftop solar PV canopies and advanced stormwater management systems.

Photo courtesy of Quattrocchi Kwok Architects