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The middle school building
is a 16,000 SF addition to an existing facility. The
existing complex consisted of a collection of separate buildings
and additions constructed over a period of 40 years. The
design of the new middle school building is a separate structure
which
creates a needed identity for the middle school students as
separate and distinct from the lower grades. The building
also serves as a backdrop for several courtyard spaces which unite
the various buildings into a true campus. The round atrium
commons area is the main design element of the middle school
entrance courtyard and also functions as a
multipurpose space. A covered arcade connects the two
entrances of the middle school and forms a gracious edge to the
campus courtyard.
The building provides much needed general
classroom space, as well as computer labs, art room and a music room.
These various classroom spaces are connected
by a raised atrium corridor with a fountain as the feature
element in the entrance lobby. |
