The 10,000-sq-ft addition to the K-8 independent school includes a variety of learning areas for visual arts, robotics and innovation and performing arts, including a 250-seat performance space. Fulfilling the objectives for those specialized program areas while staying within budget would require a design-build approach coupled with integrated project delivery.
The scale and proportion of the addition reference the existing Mission-style school, while finer details relate to both the school and residences to the east that are part of a larger historic district. The addition’s high-performance envelope is an exterior insulation finish system with a texture similar to the cement plaster of the existing school building. The bay window is a terra cotta rain screen that relates to the existing clay tile roofs. Windows are the same color throughout the school and share similar proportions with the original building.