KG+D Architects collaborated with the Brewster Central School District to complete a project that transformed the JFK Elementary School into a Next Generation school. The project included a six-classroom addition, a library and cafeteria expansion and the renovation of the auditorium and roundhouse learning spaces.

The classroom addition created a learning community by blurring the lines of the traditional classroom. The classrooms utilize moveable glass walls that allow learning to extend beyond the classroom into informal breakout spaces. Each classroom offers direct access to the outdoors and has terrace space for outdoor learning. Additionally, moveable cubbies, flexible furniture, and adjustable height flat screen technology allow the classroom to be easily configured to fit a given lesson or program.

The school's roundhouse was renovated and includes a flexible IDEA Center. This space has bi-fold garage doors that open to an interior courtyard providing indoor and outdoor classrooms. The IDEA Center has sliding marker boards and flexible furniture that can be grouped to facilitate collaboration. The library addition created a stepped cove reading area and incorporated soft seating, appropriate height shelving and moveable furniture.

The project developed dynamic indoor and outdoor learning environments that effectively support the school's Next Generation educational programming.