Hajjar STEM Center
Dwight-Englewood School

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Envoie  was retained by Dwight-Englewood, a K-12 private school located in northern New Jersey, to develop the new 27,000 SF Hajjar STEM Center for its upper school students. The science, technology, engineering and math building was thoughtfully designed by Gensler Architects to capitalize on the growing trend in high school education towards cross- curriculum integration. The building features a grand staircase with stadium-style seating for school gatherings and an “Innovation Lab” which is centered upon a robotics workshop and experimentation area. The building received LEED certification in 2018.

    • Full project management services

    • Facilitated value engineering exercises which allowed project to be bought out within the school’s budget 

    • Guided the team through the city’s Board of Adjustments process to obtain required variances prior to re-development of the site

    • Advised school on programmatic, operational and cost considerations. 

    • Pushed the schedule to meet the critical deadline of the start of the academic year and led negotiations with the utility company, after last-minute regulation changes threatened the service delivery date.

    • After the completion of the project, we were engaged to manage the expansion of a parking lot on campus and build a connector road between lower and upper campus.

    • Owner - Dwight-Englewood School

    • Architect - Genlser

    • Landscape Architect - SCAPE

    • Builder - Gilbane Building Company

    • Photography Paul Rivera

“The new Hajjar STEM Center represents the best thinking about where we are going as a learning community...The three tenets which were constantly central to our vision -- ‘Learning Happens through Doing’, ‘Everything is Connected’, and ‘Any Time is a Teachable Moment’ -- are all supported by this building’s beautiful design.” 

- Dr. Rodney De Jarnett
Head of School
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