Client: Board of Education
Square Footage:
Total - 68,000
Renovation -17,000
New Construction – 51,000
Cost:
Completion: Spring 2010
Services Provided:
Needs Assessment, Master Planning, Architecture, Interiors, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering
Elementary School 400
Originally constructed in 1966 and three subsequent additions over the next thirty-five years led to a Needs Assessment to determine the best future use of the facility. A portion of the school dubbed the “earth-shelter” by the school district will be saved. This 1985 addition is constructed with reinforced concrete allowing earth to be piled on the roof structure and bermed against the walls. The renovation will remove this “false” insulation from the roof and walls to eliminate long-term moisture issues and be reconditioned with a complete interior renovation and new roof structure. The balance of the existing campus will be demolished. A new series of core and classroom spaces will augment the existing fifteen classrooms in the salvaged portion.