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Craig Gaulden Davis turned an aging brick building into an engaging environment that helps students and educators make the most of the school day. Marked by a dramatic tower, the entry hall has become the heart of a rejuvenated complex, offering a place to display students’ handiwork and introduce visitors to the campus.
An art gallery, display areas for science and a Hall of Fame populate a new main entry.
A covered vehicular entrance permits all-weather drop off and pick up of kindergarten students.
Forty-year-old exterior corridors were enclosed without reducing natural light to the building’s interior.
Teachers and parents can work together in new administrative, conference and planning spaces, built alongside a new 20-seat dining room.
New space provides room for electronic media production.
Resource classrooms that can be combined to create new full-sized classrooms offer long-term flexibility.
An expanded health clinic includes its own waiting area, work areas and clinical spaces.
Though presently serving nearly 500 kindergarten through fifth grade students, core facilities will support more than a 20 percent increase in student population.
Client: The School District of Greenville County
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Cost: $6 million
Completed: 2001
Area: 32,200 square feet (new) and 39,100 square feet (renovated)
Program: General, kindergarten, resource and self-contained special education classrooms; music, art, speech and hearing rooms; science and computer labs; and a physical education multi-purpose room; fenced playground; administrative and teacher conference, planning and storage rooms; media production room; volunteer work spaces; school store and health clinic.
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