Wilburton Elementary School

Design Team: Ron Harpel, AIA; Andy Cottrill, AIA; Lee Fenton, AIA, LEED AP; Jay Henson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Gifted with the inherent richness of opportunity in the creation of a new school on a park-like, greenfield site, district leaders, stakeholders and the design team embraced development of an agile, sustainable elementary school that is educationally and environmentally responsive to students, teachers and community. Virtually every corner of the compact, two-story floor plan offers usable learning space via a design emphasis on physical and technological flexibility.

Small learning communities are organized via age groupings; the low-impact building footprint responds directly to site challenges of topography and wetlands. Learning spaces offer exterior relationships via multiple courtyards that facilitate outdoor learning and connection with the natural world.

Multiple sustainable strategies make Wilburton a regional leader in environmental and resource conservation. As a Microsoft Lighthouse School, Wilburton is part of a technologically linked global learning community that offers real-time interaction with elementary classrooms around the world. Through experiential and technological methodologies, students receive a personalized, multimodal and largely self-directed learning experience that can happen virtually anywhere within, and outside, the school.

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