The Rainier School Master Plan, developed by Rolluda Architects for Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, provides a phased 20-year roadmap to transform the historic campus in Buckley, Washington. Operating since 1939 as an Intermediate Care Facility for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the campus requires a careful balance between historical preservation and modern, efficient care infrastructure. To guide this transition, the master plan organizes campus upgrades into four sequential phases. The process begins with a new 25-unit housing development, transitions into modernizing core administrative, clinical, and dining facilities, expands into a brand-new Adult Training Program and Day Habilitation Center, and concludes with long-term community care infrastructure built on consolidated, excess land.

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This framework relies on rigorous analytics that match changing client demographics against the campus’s physical capacity. Driven by statewide population growth and aging family caretakers, the plan addresses an increasing demand for specialized nursing, respite, and crisis support beds. Rolluda Architects systematically audited the structural integrity of every building on site, establishing clear metrics to determine which historic structures possess lasting utility and which spaces are excess to future operational requirements. Grounded in extensive community engagement with staff, residents, and families, the resulting narrative-driven graphic reports equip state legislators and administrators with an enduring, data-driven tool for proactive campus management and compassionate community care.