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Environmental Charter School
PITTSBURGH, PA | Spring 2018
Project Type
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K-12 Education, Environmental Design
Project Size
71,000 ft2
Academic Project
The programmatic organization of the school was based on correlating a student’s daily schedule with the spaces they occur in and the sun’s angle both in plan and section. Each classroom contains operable auxiliary space that expands the classroom area and facilitates different desk configurations and educational activities. It also serves as a sunspace or air lock and creates an interior-exterior connection
The fly ash concrete chimney walls are another sustainability feature in the school that promote stack ventilation and contain certain mechanical and water retention systems while reusing a polluting waste product.
