WAT K I N S E L E M E N TA R Y S C H O O L

M A RC H 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 Perkins Eastman DC

A G E N D A

Goals & Principles

Concept Plan

Preliminary Phasing

G O A L S & P R I N C I P L E S

P R O J E C T G O A L S

Enhance the Educational Environment for Students and Teachers

Better Co-locate DCPS and DPR Programs

Support the FoodPrints Program & Facilities

Enhance Safety and Security

O R G A N I Z AT I O N A L P R I N C I P L E S

The Visitors Entry should be clear and direct and lead into the Main office Classrooms should be organized by grade level to facilitate teacher collaboration The building should physically and visually engage the ParkSpecials should be organized around a collaborative, flexible commons/galleryCirculation should be animated by color, light, transparency and extended learning spacesClassrooms should be larger, more flexible, center or project-basedThe building should accommodate community/school use concurrentlySpecial education should be distributed to help engage studentsSmall teacher workrooms help build professional community on each upper floor.The front entrance should be visually open to 12th Street SE

T H E M A S T E R P L A N

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Modernize Academic Wing

Dining, Media Center, and Gymnasium addition

Connect Park to new addition

Service limited to E St. curb cut

Parking enters at D Street

Feature at corner of 13th & E

Open & Inviting Entrances at Front Door and D Street

Service stops here

C O N C E P T P L A N

Site Plan

C O N C E P T P L A N

Basement & First Floor

C O N C E P T P L A N

F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N

The existing arrival experience is disconnected from the interior

F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N

Inside the experience is cramped & uninviting

F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N - P R E C E D E N T

Create an open and inviting welcome center

School Without Walls High School

F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N

Administration is not convenient to the front door

F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N - P R E C E D E N T

Administration easily accessible to front door

Stoddert Elementary School

Second Floor

C O N C E P T P L A N

E X I S T I N G L I B R A RY

The library is dividedby circulation

C O N C E P T P L A N

The library should be an open and bright space for group and

individual study

Deanwood Library & Recreation Center

School Without Walls High School

E X I S T I N G C L A S S R O O M S

Classrooms are too small & ill-proportioned

Proportions

C L A S S R O O M C O N C E P T D E S I G N

Existing Square

C L A S S R O O M P R E C E D E N T S

More Square than Oblong

Stoddert Elementary School

Third Floor

C O N C E P T P L A N

E X I S T I N G C O R R I D O R S

Length, lack of differentiation, color & light creates an institutional ambiance

C O R R I D O R P R E C E D E N T S

Stoddert Elementary School

“Porches,” color, display and natural light create child-scaled places

Yorktown High School

C L A S S R O O M P R E C E D E N T S

Team Teaching

Fourth Floor

C O N C E P T P L A N

Off the corridor, naturally lit

C O M M O N S

C O N C E P T P L A N

Mesh Sunshades

Existing building

Rendering: sunshades on west facade

C O N C E P T P L A N

Mesh Sunshades

Precedent

Rendering: sunshades on west facade

C O N C E P T P L A N

Mesh Sunshades

Shaw Public Library

Rendering: sunshades on west facade

P R O G R A M

Ed Spec Concept Variation CommentsHalf-Court Gymnasium• Storage

5,050300

4,548240

(10%)(20%)

With dividing wall; bleachers on one side

Administration• Lobby & Gathering• Welcome Center• Toilet (1@50)• Principal & APs (3@ 120)• First Aid center• Workroom

50040050

360505250

49842666

469534212

0%6%

32%30%5%

(15%)Dining• Stage

2,500 2,267317

(9%) Sized for 1/3 populationStage

Kitchen & Servery 2100 1,757 (15%)

Media Center• Reading/Learning/Circulation• Computer Project Lab• Media Production• Office / Workroom

1,800900400250

2,495885400260

39%(2%)0%4%

Maintenance & Custodial 1,220 1,212 0%

Potential is for an additional approx. 17,000 gsf

P R E L I M I N A R Y P H A S I N G

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M A RC H 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 Perkins Eastman DC