Del Norte K-12 School
Del Norte, Colorado
Design Team
Chad Novak, AIA (Principal-in-Charge ); Stephanie Grose, AIA (Educational Planner); Patrick Johnson, AIA, LEED AP (Project Manager); Kelly Denker, AIA, Jamie Park, AIA (Architects); CarrieBeth Ruzicka, NCIDQ (Interior Design); Rich Jarecki (Construction Administration); Andy Buchwitz, PLA (Landscape Design); Martin/Martin (Structural); ME Engineers (MEP); Ricca Design Studios (Foodservice); K2 Audio (Acoustics); Group 14 Engineering (Sustainability); Davis Engineering (Civil)
The consolidated K-12 campus features a 122,000-square-foot school, age-appropriate playgrounds, and a comprehensive athletic complex. The building includes separate and secured entrances for elementary, community events, intermediate, and secondary education. The design positions the elementary school and middle/high school wings as separate but physically connected schools, arranged in a “school-within-a-school” concept. Elastic learning environments create visual and physical connections between classroom learning spaces, team centers, maker spaces, and learning resource amenities. The facility’s core includes the shared and community programs easily accessible from the two distinct classroom wings and offers a celebrated community focus. The community commons space has immediate access to district offices, information commons, kitchen/servery, performing arts theater, and the gymnasium complex, complete with a suspended running track. The core facilities and activity areas were envisioned to provide Del Norte with shared community amenities and have proven to be widely used by locals and community programs. The state-of-the-art facility achieved LEED Silver certification and is a testament to the efficiencies integrated within the programmatic layout and system design.
Additional Information
Capacity
800
Cost per Sq Ft
$369.00
Featured in
2021 Architectural Portfolio
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