Douglas MacArthur Alexandria City Public Schools listen.DESIGN.deliver Elementary School Advisory Group Meeting Feb 18, 2020 – 6:00pm
Douglas MacArthur Alexandria City Public Schools
listen.DESIGN.deliver
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