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School District of Springfield Township Enfield K-2 Early Learning Center Site Plan
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School District of Springfield Township Enfield K-2 Early Learning Center Site
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School District of Springfield Township Enfield K-2 Early Learning Center First Floor Plan
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School District of Springfield Township Enfield K-2 Early Learning Center Second Floor Plan
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Main public and parent drop-off entrance adjacent to the administration suite and public spaces.
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Media resource center and second floor STEAM classroom are vertically connected.
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The outdoor play area is located adjacent to the dining commons for recess and the gym for physical education.
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The prominent main entrance identifies the main public access point for the community spaces.
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Typical grade level classroom with flexible seating adjacent to shared small group instruction room.
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The dining commons with the folding partition open allows additional seating capacity for performances on the stage at the other side of the gymnasium.
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The media resource center offers students the opportunity to research, read independently or to meet together in a classroom setting.
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The STEAM classroom is vertically connected to the media resource center on the first floor to serve as a maker space for project-based learning.
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The media resource center (research), STEAM classroom (develop) and learning stairs (present) are all physically connected at the core of the building.
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The gymnasium/stage (right) and dining commons (center) entrances are adjacent to the main street leading to the core academic spaces.
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The multi-functional space is used as a gymnasium for physical education and an assembly space with a stage for performances.
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The learning stair and associated technology provides a forum for student presentations and large group instruction.
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@2020 Matt Wargo
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@2020 Matt Wargo
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@2020 Matt Wargo
Faced with an aging K-1 primary center and a 2-5 elementary center at capacity, the School District of Springfield Township addressed both issues with the design of a new 750 student K-2 Early Learning Center.
The design of this community school established a hierarchy of the building’s public and academic zones. The main building entrance adjacent to the administration area anchors the interior street connection and provides direct access to the Multi-purpose Room (Gymnasium/Stage) and Dining Commons. The street leads to the STEAM core of the building featuring the Media Resource Center (research), the STEAM classroom (develop) and the Learning Stair (present) to support the project-based curriculum.
To create a sense of community for this younger age group within the context of the larger school, smaller learning communities were designed for each grade grouping. Each grade level wing branches out from the central building core and is supported by a central large group instruction area to support collaborative activities for that grade level. Every two general classrooms share a small group instruction room facilitating individualized instruction. The creative configuration of the classroom wings ‘embrace’ the central courtyard, and metaphorically the children, providing an enhanced outdoor learning environment for the students.
School District of Springfield Township, Enfield K-2 Early Learning Center
Category
Early Childhood School/Elementary School
Description
Project Location:
300 Montgomery Avenue Erdenheim Pennsylvania 19038 US, PA
Architecture Firm
SCHRADERGROUP
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
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Photography By:
@2020 Matt Wargo
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