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By ArmandoPonceTheGreat | XL Design an Addition for your School

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Ralph Ellison Campus, Chicago

Many schools were designed for the past and don’t reflect the 21st century learning environment. Some buildings need better ventilation or lighting, while others are simply not large enough to accommodate students comfortably. For this project, you are encouraged to envision an improvement for your school, something that would benefit everyone who uses it. The most successful designs will be ones that identify a specific need and present a strong design solution. The challenge is to add something that changes the footprint of your school building, while addressing a specifically identified need. Projects should include research and development, real world images and information showing why the need exists, in addition to final project design and information.

Curie high school needs a couple of new upgrades.One upgrade it needs is a new field the current one is in really bad shape and the only team that uses it is the baseball team. Most of the field is a mix of bumpy dirt and green-yellow grass.Curie needs a home field for the teams so it will encourage them to play harder for there home.I am planning to build a stadium in curie high school's huge field. It will be for Curie's football and soccer team which are forced to play somewhere else because of the bad field. This field will have artificial grass,seats,lights,and a stadium parking lot. The second upgrade i going to make is the courtyard in the middle of the school that no one uses.They just lock the doors and don't let anyone in. One idea i have for it is to make it into a cafeteria. Since the lunchrooms are packed it will give some students somewhere to eat. My idea is to give the courtyard a skylight ceiling so you can use it throughout the year. I'm also going to keep the outside feel to the courtyard.

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Reeds Spring High School Addition, Reeds Spring, MO

Think About

  • What is the size of your school building? Using Google Earth and other online resources, generate a site plan for your school location.
  • What are your initial thoughts about the building? For example, is your school lacking room for art classes? Physical education? Band practice space? Common areas? Cafeteria space?
  • Talk to someone who has been at your school for a while, like a teacher or administrator. They will most likely have great insight as to what areas could stand to be improved.
  • Has anything like this ever been done in the past? If so, what were the results?
  • For more research, we recommend looking at “The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Design to Transform Teaching & Learning,” by OWP/P Architects + VS Furniture + Bruce Mau. The book is easy to digest with lots of great images and design ideas, meant to inspire readers like you. The website for the book is also a great resource.
  • Search online for newly built schools and others that have been upgraded through similar processes. Do you notice anything in common among newly built schools?

ArmandoPonceTheGreat's work for the Collect Information step:

Summary
I am going to build a cafeteria in curie's current courtyard.
This is an image of curie's courtyard , facing the south entrance of the courtyard.
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This is an empty lot across from curie where i will build my sports building.
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The courtyard facing east
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The courtyard facing south
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A picture of the whole courtyard facing north
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Karns High School Addition Plan, Knoxville, TN

Identify the problem you want to solve based on the information you have collected.

Explore at least three possible solutions, each of which will no doubt help you as you search for the best addition to your school.

  • What could your ideas look like?
  • How would it change the landscape of your school?
  • Who will benefit most from your design solution?

Try to answer these questions visually through sketching, and in words by taking notes.

ArmandoPonceTheGreat's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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I am brain storming ideas for my school's courtyard and an empty lot across the street from curie.
This is the floor plan to the new cafeteria i am building and the side view of the building
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The sketch of the inside of the cafeteria that i am building
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This is the floor plan to the sports building. It will be a 2 story building with a turf field on...
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This is a sketch of the sports building i am planning to build.
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Fridley High School Addition Plan, Fridley, MN

From the previous step, where you developed multiple solutions to the design problem, you should select one of your designs.

  • What is your favorite design? Why?
  • What aspects of your school would it improve?
  • Who would benefit most from your new design?
  • What materials would you be using, and why?

Ideally you will want to create plans of some kind to communicate your final vision, so start to sketch site plans, elevations, and even a floor plan if necessary.

ArmandoPonceTheGreat's work for the Develop Solutions step:

Summary
I am currently working on a stadium for curie high school.
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This is the view from the south-west. Here you can see the entrance to the stadium.
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The view is from the northeast. It shows the field with field goal posts and end-zones.
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Alexander Graham Bell School Addition, Chicago

Present your final design to your class, to get feedback before completing your project. If you talked to other people while working on and researching for this project, show them your design and get their feedback. If they talked to you before, they will want to see what you’ve created! Take notes during these conversations, and try to understand their suggestions before deciding if you wish to make any changes to your final design.

Carefully take stock of feedback from others and do your best to find the information that will help you finalize your project. Someone might tell you something seemingly small, but that bit of information might be the difference between a good project and a great one.

ArmandoPonceTheGreat's work for the Final Design step:

Summary
I built a stadium for curie. It will be for curie and any other club that would like to use it.Then i also added a parking lot for the stadium and for curie to use.
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In this picture are the elevations to my stadium.
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