K-8 EDUCATION
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary School
Madera Unified School District
2017
71,700 sf
$26,971,349
Design Completed
Size
Final Cost
The elementary school is located on 19 acres in Madera, California. It includes an Administration/Library building, Multi-Purpose building, four classroom wings, one kindergarten wing and a preschool. The campus is laid out in a radial plan that centers around a sunken grass amphitheater. The layout of the campus allows the administration to see the fronts of all buildings for supervision. Each classroom has access to outdoor teaching stations complete with slate chalkboard teaching walls.
Madera Technical Exploration Center
Madera Unified School District
Completed
Size
Final Cost
2021
51,150 sf
$28,100,000
This career technical education program is unique in that it houses middle school children to prepare and gain interest for similar high school pathways. The project includes six large vocational labs/maker spaces, one vocational shop, a 144-seat lecture hall, a large display room to feature student projects, a student break area, and an administration area. The contrasting design of the building helps to highlight the innovation that happens inside. Natural light pours into the main areas through clerestories and large expanses of glass. All of the main circulation areas can be used for small group collaboration facilitated by soft seating areas.
Ridgeview Middle School
Visalia Unified School District
Completed
Size
Final Cost
2017
117,000 sf
$38,000,000
Being the first middle school for Visalia Unified in over twenty years we were out to create a new identity for them. We took a modern approach and created a two story academic tower that was connected to a two story administration building. For the multi-purpose we went with a "food court" feel elevating the foodservice offerings to a high school level.
Merced STEAM Center
Merced City School District
Completed
Size
Final Cost
2018
7,984 sf
$4,600,000
This facility is the first of it's kind in the area it is designed to be a district wide facility. What makes the concept unique is it will be available to younger students from elementary to middle school. The project houses three large makerspace/lab type spaces that can all be connected to create one large space via glass folding partitions. Adjacent to the large open areas are two small break-out areas for small group instruction. An amphitheater type space is at the rear exterior of the building where the lab space can open to create a backdrop for a stage.