Milford Middle School

Client: Milford Exempted Village Schools

Location: Milford, Ohio

Grade level communities are separated by floor, each with classrooms, areas for collaborative learning, an art room, and project labs. Four extended learning areas on each floor provide breakout space for group work on hands-on projects.
Dedicated STEM, STEAM, and robotics spaces, including a flexible alternative learning suite that supports equity and diverse learning needs.
A lofted media center overlooks the large student dining commons (designed as the social and academic heart of the building), reinforcing visual connection and shared ownership of space.
Two courtyards prioritize outdoor access for students to enjoy while increasing natural light in the building, and give key consideration to building security.
An athletics wing houses a 1,000-seat main gymnasium, a 140-seat auxiliary gymnasium, and locker rooms.

Streamlining Connectivity and Flow: Site planning was crucial for considering the full secondary campus context, carefully aligning the middle school, high school, and athletic facilities to improve bus circulation and drop-off traffic flow.

CHECK OUT MILFORD'S NEW SPORTS COMPLEX

Architecture|Interior Design|

Seeking to move 6th graders out of elementary schools and create capacity for preschool programming, a new middle school was required to replace an existing junior high at Milford Schools. SHP partnered with the district through master planning and community engagement to design a three-story, $65M middle school that balances functional needs with long-term adaptability. The building organizes students into smaller learning communities that support connection, equity, and growth.

"I appreciated SHP's attention to detail and forward-thinking processes. They understood our budget and worked within those constraints to ensure our projects came to life."

– John Spieser, Milford EVSD

Recommended for You

Designing for Architects: Adaptive Reuse in Higher Education at BGSU

It’s not every day that architects are given the opportunity to design for future architects. Recently, this uniquely challenging and rewarding experience came about for SHP when Bowling Green State University (BGSU) hired us to convert an existing 30,000 square foot warehouse into a state-of-the-art learning environment for the school’s newly-minted architecture program.

If the world is a stage, then senior project manager David Powell is the right man to build it. Discover more about David in our most recent employee spotlight.