Center Elementary School

Design Team
Kent Kovacs (Principal-in-Charge); Bill Beatrice (Project Manager)

A welcoming curved entrance to the school with generous seating options encourages informal interaction among students, staff, parents, and all members of the school community. A variety of right-scaled outdoor gathering spaces, both interior courtyards and exterior to the school, allow for outdoor classroom and social events. The shared plaza, curved pathway system and subtly raised planted areas with native plantings create the appearance of a lush campus linking the two schools and provide for more interaction and learning opportunities.

The three-story school is organized around a centrally situated outdoor classroom with classroom wings radiating outward into the landscape. Enrichment spaces such as art, STEAM labs with greenhouses, and music activate the outdoor classroom throughout the day. The community visioning sessions emphasized the need for outdoor learning, gardens, greenhouse space and accessible green roofs reflecting Tewksbury’s rich history of horticulture.

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