Its lockers shoehorned into classrooms and lunchroom relegated to a basement, 66-year-old Orchard Place Elementary School shed its mid-20th century origins with a program calling for an addition, partial demolition of the existing structure and renovations to remaining portions of the facility.
The resulting structure appears entirely new, united by a rain-screen facade and combinations of stone veneer and precast concrete. The addition's scale and proportion mirrors those of neighboring houses and remaining portions of the existing building.