Site Plan and Neighboring Community Park

Level One Floor Plan

Level Two Floor Plan

Overview of integrated and sustainable design targets and strategies

Composite plan from the Sustainability Wall illustrating daylighting zones, radiant heating/cooling, natural ventilation flow and more.

The Main Entry plaza features planters as benches for students awaiting pick-up adjacent to the Pre-K / Kindergarten playground featuring naturalistic and durable play equipment.

The Heart space, shown during lunchtime, provides expansive views across the dining patio, Amphitheater, and neighborhood park toward the Rocky Mountains.

View from the Amphitheater toward the dining patio and Heart.

The Heart supports a variety of gatherings and multi-media presentations and is connected to the Curiosity Center (library) at the top of the Learning Stair.

The large Commons supports a variety of learning settings and directly connects to Learning Studios, Staff Collaboration, and Small Group Rooms for ease of supervision.

Learning Communities include paired Learning Studios using large sliding glass doors to support connectivity and flexibility in teaching arrangements.

Learning Studios provide comfort with natural daylight, highly controllable LED lighting, window seats atop displacement ventilation diffusers and natural ventilation through operable windows and vents.

The four Flex Studios, located at the west end of each wing, have become separately themed Maker Spaces: Prototyping, Electronics and Robotics, Culinary Arts, and Wood Working and Cardboard Prototyping.

The Curiosity Center is connected to the Middle School Art Room and includes casual reading areas, bookshelves, introductory “maker” activities, and a digital media space.

Like the other Learning Communities, the Pre-K/Kindergarten also features two Commons, with this larger one able to support a variety of physical activities.

The Sustainability Wall illustrates how the school is Net Zero ready, with wall and radiant floor cut-away views and an interactive building systems map.

The warm appearance of wood at the Main Entry complements the cool tones of the cement siding, and the local brick with precast concrete beyond.

The Meadowlark School groundbreaking event drew many neighboring families and future students who used their own shovels to help jump start construction. Photography courtesy of Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.

The topping out celebration again brought out many families to brave the cold, sign the beam, and drink hot cocoa in the snow while eagerly anticipating completion of Meadowlark School. Photography courtesy of Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.