Batchelor Middle School in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Ironically, there were very few walls inside. Classrooms were separated by accordion dividers which could be pulled back to connect three classrooms into one big classroom. There were no back walls to these classrooms, just a huge opening at the back. I’m told that’s been changed in a renovation.
I remember a teacher once explained to the class schools and prisons share several design features.
They’re durable withiut sharp edges, so destructive morons can do little damage to the buildings ir themselves, they use those flickering white lights that drain the energy from you, and they’re designed to hold mass amounts of people who dont want to be there, supervised by a much smaller amount of people.
I’m assuming it was built in the 60s or 70s. Most government buildings of the time were designed like that. It’s a style called brutalism.
It was built in the 70s, and there is plenty of other brutalist architecture in Bloomington because limestone and brutalism work well together and Bloomington is surrounded by limestone quarries.
But I still think that’s a little over the top evil for a middle school.
I mean the IU main library across town has no windows and looks far less evil.
