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Dove Mountain C-STEM K-8 School Site Plan
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Dove Mountain C-STEM K-8 School Level One Floor Plan
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Dove Mountain C-STEM K-8 School Level Two Floor Plan
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Dove Mountain C-STEM K-8 School Site Analysis
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Dove Mountain C-STEM K-8 School Section
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The main entrance creates a distinct identity for the school and mitigates direct sun exposure, providing a sheltered area for student pickup and drop off.
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Set in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, the photovoltaic panels provide shaded staff parking and generate 90% of the power requirement of the school.
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The main circulation space, or “Arroyo,” maximizes transparency to allow students to view the collaborative makerspaces and innovation labs.
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The Media Resource Center opens directly to the Arroyo to welcome students of all ages. Views into the makerspaces can be seen across the Arroyo.
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The makerspace is an innovative environment for investigation and realization. Lower level makerspaces have direct access to the outdoor learning areas.
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Flexible learning environments promote transparency and the ability to modulate acoustic privacy or expand the classroom into the corridors.
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Flexible student space outside each classroom includes a pivoting tack wall that provides connectivity between opposing classrooms. Movable seating enables social interaction.
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Multiple outdoor educational learning and play areas are organized to connect directly with the specific age groups within each of the classroom wings.
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The cafetorium has east-facing rollup garage doors that open to exterior seating areas which connect via the stair to an exterior learning and play area.
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The building is designed to be a didactic learning environment. Color-coded building systems express the various structural, mechanical, electrical, and IT systems in the facility.
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The school responds to the unique site with external desert inspired material, appropriate orientation to the sun, views to the adjacent mountains and indigenous plants.
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Sunset at Dove Mountain CSTEM K-8 School.
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Photo courtesy of Corgan
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Photo courtesy of Corgan
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Photo courtesy of Corgan
As the first K-8 C-STEM school in Arizona, Dove Mountain was built with the future in mind. The district’s vision to provide C-STEM exposure in elementary school and CTE programs in high school influenced the design. Every class and subject integrate computer, science, technology, engineering, and math into the curriculum. Setting a precedent for future school design, it promotes student interaction in flexible learning environments. The main building circulation spine, called “The Arroyo,” sweeps up the sloping terrain connecting the classroom wings, entry, and administration at the south entrance to the cafetorium at the north entrance. The media room, science rooms, and makerspaces are in the heart of the school, accessible to each classroom wing. These rooms can be viewed from the Arroyo, fostering student awareness of their peers’ work. All classrooms are identical in design and natural light, providing equity for students. Each classroom wing is accessible to outdoor learning areas where students can grow, test, present, and celebrate their creations in the amphitheater. Solar arrays located on the covered parking canopies provide for 90% of the building’s energy demand.
Dove Mountain CSTEM K-8
Category
Combined-Level School
Description
Project Location: Marana, AZ
Construction Type: New Construction/Addition
Facility Type: Entire school/campus building
Owner: Marana Unified School District
Population Served: K-8
Capacity: 1045
Site Size: 20
Gross Area of Project: 100960
Space per student: 96.6
Gross Square Foot Cost: 297
Cost per student/occupant: 28708
Total project cost: 30000000
Date of Completion: 8/1/2019
Sustainable rating achieved: N/A
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