INTERNNECT 2K16 Design Competition Results
Wellness Innovation Learning Center
Tulare County Office of Education

The vision of the Wellness Innovation Learning Center is to provide a venue for Tulare County Students, TK-12, to learn more about and explore personal and community wellness.  One aim of this facility is to offer exploratory experiences that will support rigorous and relevant health curriculum in our schools and allow for creativity beyond the classroom curriculum.  An additional aim is to include considerations for the connection between wellness and our natural agricultural resources; the environment in which we live, the soil where our food is grown, and our water systems.


Congratulations to ALL of the INTERNNECT teams for your hard work, dedication, and collaboration!  Your analytical skills and creative genius abilities are exemplary models to our region.  Career skills that you've learned on this project including communication, project management, and research will be key factors to your success in life.  We continue to see projects improve over the years, and this year in particular, we are excited to see work that have gone above and beyond the program requirements... they are becoming more authentic and professional.


1st Place
Harmony Magnet Academy
Academy of Engineering
Porterville Unified School District
Strathmore, CA
Proposal |  Design Poster
2nd Place
Lindsay High School
Academy of Engineering
Lindsay Unified School District
Lindsay, CA
Proposal |  Design Poster
3rd Place
El Diamante High School
Visalia Unified School District
Visalia, CA
Proposal |  Design Poster
Participation
Orosi High School
Academy of Engineering and Green Technology
Cutler-Orosi Unified School District, Orosi, CA
Proposal |  Design Poster
Participation
Redwood High School
Academy of Architecture and Engineering
Visalia Unified School District
Strathmore, CA
Proposal |  Design Poster
MISSION
The mission of this project is to teach students about education, healthcare, agriculture, building design & construction, and provide a Gold Standards Work Based Learning opportunity.

(Download RFP Addendum 1)
Wellness Innovation Learning Center abstract.


PROJECT INFORMATION
The site is approximately 2 acres located at 6200 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia, CA as shown highlighted in red,  The files below include a site plan as well as the grading and drainage plan of the project.  Below is a conceptual 3D model of the site which includes the new Jim Vidak Education Center.  Note that the model does not accurately represent the actual dimensions of the constructed site as this was created and developed during the schematic design phase.  The site does not also represent the actual grading as shown in the drawings.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS   (Download RFP)
The Request for Proposals is a design and documentation process in which qualified teams research a real-world issue, client needs, site constraints, site and building design, and building construction.  The design Proposal will be evaluated at the end of the 6 month project by a Wellness Learning Center Committee including the client, educators, industry professionals, elementary school students, and INTERNNECT alumni.

There will be three evaluation cards used to assess the results of the competition: Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), written Proposal, and oral Interview.  The written evaluation will be a paper screening process to review the submitted design proposal document.  The oral evaluation will be assessed at the Final Interview, where teams will have the opportunity to verbally communicate their design to the Committee.

Wellness Innovation Learning Center abstract.  (Download Addendum 1)
1st Quarter Milestone Meeting Revision 1.  (Download Addendum 2)
1st Quarter Milestone Meeting Revision 2.  (Download Addendum 3)


Healthcare
• Define mortality and morbidity and the factors that influence it (i.e. medical care, environment, socio-economics, genetics, behaviors).
• Define the city’s health ranking at multiple levels: locally, regionally, nationally.
• Identify and assess the health behaviors negatively impacting the elementary school’s community.
• Identify elementary school programs and interventions to address the identified health behaviors.
• Identify elementary school programs that can address negative health behaviors and/or enhance positive health behaviors.
Agriculture
• Understand and identify the components of agriculture that are important to implement in a wellness facility.
• Define components of agriculture that can be implemented in elementary school facilities.
• Define the mechanics of agriculture that can be used for instructional purposes in helping students learn about health and wellness.
• Define natural agricultural challenges.
• Define environmental factors that affect agricultural growth and processing.
Education
• Understand how the facility’s curriculum and instructional functions will relate to education, healthcare, agriculture, and building design & construction.
• Define the learning spaces required for these functions.
• Identify the spatial requirements and relationships of the spaces.
Building Design
• Identify the environmental and site related issues of the undeveloped property.
• Develop several site design solutions that address these issues.
• Develop several spatial analysis schemes of the learning spaces.
• Identify the building related issues of the new facility.
• Develop several building design solutions that address these issues.
Building Construction
• Define and understand appropriate building material components and connections.
• Develop probable cost estimates based on the facility design.
• Develop a construction schedule for the facility.
• Develop several construction models that clearly delineate the process of design development.
LEARNING SESSIONS


1ST QUARTER MILESTONE MEETING

GENERAL COMMENTS
REDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
LINDSAY HIGH SCHOOL
EL DIAMANTE HIGH SCHOOL
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
In the Building Design and Construction Industry, a Request for Information (RFI) is a standard business process whose purpose is to collect written information regarding the construction of the project.  Normally it follows a format that can be used for comparative purposes.

School Firms shall submit weekly RFI's to the Virtual Professionals for additional information on the project.  While the Industry Mentors are associated and committed to the school firms through informal discussions and visits, Virtual Professionals serve more as a general group of professionals that will provide formal responses to all of the teams through this RFI process.