Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Moveable foam furniture and corridors that incorporate engaging colors and shapes encourage students to move around, engage and interact with each other in between classes.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
The library opens directly onto the town hall hub. Activities begin to spill out of their confines and take place within an open - yet secure - environment.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
The metaphor of home and village is carried throughout. Spaces for gathering and break-out provide the students the spaces they need in order to engage at their own comfort.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
The library and media center, host a variety of seating options for both groups and individual learning.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
The gymnasium opens to the town hall space creating visual and physical connections, expanding the use of the space, and bringing daylight into the environment.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
1st and 2nd grade classrooms surround a protected learning commons with access to abundant natural light and allow for supervision of the students by all teachers. These breakout spaces can be reconfigured and are flexible to support multiple learning styles.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
3rd through 5th grades have classrooms at the exterior with an adjacent learning commons located just off the circulation, allowing the older, more independent students to have a transition zone between circulation and classrooms. These breakout spaces can be reconfigured and are flexible to support multiple learning styles.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Different grade levels are easily identified from the exterior of the building through changes in color and massing.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
The exterior of the buildings feature a variety of materials, colors and patterns, inviting students and community members.
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Christopher Barrett
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Rockford's new K-5 school is an architecture for community.
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Robert Benson
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Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Workshops with students developed new ways of seeing how the young children recognized, interacted and inhabited their own spaces. These ideas would be integral into developing the architecture of the building and interior spaces.
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Rockford Public Schools / CannonDesign
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Early concept sketch of village design by students
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Rockford Public Schools
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Concept sketch of village design, indicating color and form for the kindergarten learning commons.
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Robert Benson
Rockford Public Schools K-5 Prototype School: Architecture as Community
CannonDesign
Plan Perspective of Rockford Public Schools
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École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Socialisation area
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Maxime Brouillet
École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Garden area
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Maxime Brouillet
École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Plantations
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Maxime Brouillet
École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Green area - Outdoor class
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Maxime Brouillet
École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Green area & garden
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Maxime Brouillet
École Sainte-Anne - A new redesigned schoolyard
Taktik design
Overview 1
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Maxime Brouillet
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