Douglas MacArthur Alexandria City Public Schools

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Elementary School

Advisory Group MeetingFeb 18, 2020 – 6:00pm

Agenda

3

1Schematic Design2

Review

Site Exercise

Look Ahead4

View From the Back

Concept Review“Forest”

Site Plan

Massing Diagrams

View From the Front

View From the Back

54280

3842 2520 2600

8800

3025

1090

8100 850

30000

Ed Spec Program

54280

3842

2520 2600 8800

3025 10908100

850

30000 2700

31875

3120

23940

Expanded Program

Major Ed Spec Spaces Included

16 Early Childhood classrooms 2 Music

22 Upper Elementary classrooms Gym & Multi-purpose

Media Center Administration & Health

2 Visual Arts Dining with Performance Platform

Expansion Spaces

Currently Included Easily Accommodated Optional Expansion

3 Self-Contained Special Ed classrooms RPCA & Campagna Offices

RPCA Bleacher Seating

85 Below-grade Parking spaces RPCA Restrooms RPCA Flex Court

RPCA & Campagna Storage

*Not shown, but considered, were other City Services such as Housing, Health, Day Care

Space Program

54280

3842 2520 2600

8800

3025

1090

8100 850

30000

Ed Spec Program

54280

3842

2520 2600 8800

3025 10908100

850

30000 2700

31875

3120

23940

Expanded Program

Major Ed Spec Spaces Included

16 Early Childhood classrooms 2 Music

22 Upper Elementary classrooms Gym & Multi-purpose

Media Center Administration & Health

2 Visual Arts Dining with Performance Platform

Expansion Spaces

Currently Included Easily Accommodated Optional Expansion

3 Self-Contained Special Ed classrooms RPCA & Campagna Offices

RPCA Bleacher Seating

85 Below-grade Parking spaces RPCA Restrooms RPCA Flex Court

RPCA Parking RPCA & Campagna Storage

Community Room

*Not shown, but considered, were other City Services such as Housing, Health, Day Care

Space Program

Concept Review“Forest” Blocking Diagrams

Concept Review“Forest” Blocking DiagramsConcept Review“Forest” Blocking Diagrams

Concept Review“Forest” Blocking Diagrams

Design Progression

• General site placement• Overall organization of site elements• General relationship of interior building

elements• Overall approach to building mass

EvolvingConsistent• Locations of parking/ site access points• Interior layout• Articulation of building elements• Materials• Elevations• Specific massing

inside out

outside in

every square foot contributes to learning

READINESS TIER ONE EVOLVED TRADITIONAL

Whole ClassIndividual

Groupings Groupings

Supports one class

Whole ClassIndividual

Break OutSpace

Groupings

READINESS TIER TWODIFFERENTIATION (NEAR)

Supports two or more classes

Spaces are equipped with additional, certain resources based on utilization variables as well as curricular and pedagogical needs

READINESS TIER THREEPLURALITY

Supports a cohort of classes

Nodes

Flexibility

BA

A

CA

A

D

CA

Nodes

Adaptability

student shadowing

Q4+5

Concept Comments: Forest

Pros• Community feel• Building scale• Forest view• Entry plaza• Vehicular access• Organization of open

space

Cons• Organization of the play areas • Building height and proximity to

Janneys Lane• No buffer to residents on the west

side of the site • 3-Story Bar• Entrance not visible from Janneys

Lane and Yale Drive• Traffic:

o Parent & Staff shared driveo Potential traffic spill-out on to

street

Major Comments• Double-loaded corridor• Play area locations

Site Concept Review: “Forest”• Site Landscape Buffer• Vehicular Circulation• Pedestrian Circulation• Safety and Security

Upcoming Meetings + Actions

“Day in the Life” – TBD

Community Meeting, 2/19/20

DSUP Concept 1&2 Early March 2020

Advisory Group, 3/16/20