Here's a little look at some of the areas in our very non-traditional school space. The entire space looks like a multistory office building from the outside. From the inside you can see that about 75% of the space is an open warehouse. And then there are some traditional-looking rooms and office areas.
This is pretty much the first thing you see when you exit the lobby and enter the school proper. That graphic of a school is sort of like a hanging curtain -- but it has been changed to something more abstract and beautiful. (Can't remember exactly what it is, so let's just go with abstract and beautiful.)
This is the kindergarten interior. The kinder is somewhat separate from the rest of the school.
The 4th grade area.
Two views of the art room. The sides of this space have since been walled in with hanging graphics -- sort of like big vinyl curtains. Don't know what they're actually made of, but they're semi-translucent and so they define the space without stopping the light from flowing through.
The computer room. It also now has beautiful graphic walls.
Looking towards the computer room.
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It's beautiful, but isn't it SO loud?
(I mean with all those kids not separated with walls).
There are interesting acoustic canopies over a lot of the spaces. Those contain sounds. But they're also cultivating a culture of quiet work. I was in the school for two quick seconds, both while 3rd and 4th grades were in session (they have staggered start times) and it was actually really, really quiet in there.
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I'll be interested to know more about noise issues as time goes on. There was a move to "open classrooms" some years ago...space looked nice, but was horrid as school space.
Otherwise, most impressive!
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