Marygrove Elementary School

[2022]

The Marygrove elementary school provides a K-5 teaching environment within the broader campus, “cradle-to-career” pedagogical framework. Several key design goals organize the renovation approach including integrating new collaboration and maker spaces, providing access to the gymnasium for all grades, and inserting visual transparency for classrooms and common spaces. Custom classroom millwork elements provide design flexibility without impinging on historic elements. The new millwork introduces vibrant color, strategic transparency and functionality while meeting budget constraints by repeating solutions on each floor. The media center, reading room, gymnasium, restorative justice center, and maker spaces also deploy color and form to engage the children’s sense of curiosity and encourage experimentation and exploration.

[ADAPTIVE REUSE]

Completed photographs by Jason Keen.

CLIENT