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Eleva&ng  the  Quality  of  Life  in  the  District  

BANCROFT  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  MODERNIZATION  COMMUNITY  MEETING  

JANUARY  12,  2015  

Eleva&ng  the  Quality  of  Life  in  the  District  

q  Welcome  &  IntroducAons  q  BancroD  Elementary  School  Project  Overview  q  BancroD  Elementary  School  Design  q  Next  Steps  &  Project  Schedule  q  Q&A  

MEETING  AGENEDA  

CURRENT  PROJECT  SITE  

18th S

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NW

Newton St. NW M

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asan

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NW

Piney Branch Park

Community Garden

Playground

Community Garden

Play ground

Field

PROJECT  OVERVIEW  SIZE AND SCOPE

•  Planned Enrollment: 556 Students

•  Full Modernization of Existing Facility with 75,000 Square Feet addition

•  Co-location of BRIYA

•  Designed and phased to allow students to remain in current facility during construction DESIGN PRINCIPLES

•  Respond to scale and character of Mount Pleasant

•  Simplify and clarify circulation with a main “internal street” connecting all floor levels and all

public shared spaces

•  Create age appropriate academic clusters - “Learning Communities”

•  Bring views of the park into the school

•  Maintain and enhance school garden and community garden

RESPONSE  TO  SCALE  AND  CHARACTER  OF  MT.  PLEASANT  

PHASING  AND  SITE  APPROACH  

-­‐  Requires  extensive  portable  swing  space  on  exis@ng  fields  -­‐  Loss  of  one  courtyard.  

-­‐  Greater  disrup@on  to  learning,  since  students  have  to  move  two  @mes.  

-­‐  East  &  West  facing  classrooms.  

-­‐  Loss  of  field  on  site  during  construc@on.  

-­‐  No  portable  classrooms  required.  Students  move  once  from  exis@ng  building  to  new.  

-­‐  Creates  a  third  courtyard.    

-­‐  North  and  south  facing  classrooms.  

-­‐  New  playfield  oriented  north  south.  

-­‐  Places  largest  structures  at  center  of  site,  away  from  residen@al  streets.  

Proposed  Site  Approach  Feasibility  Study  Site  Approach  

Portables  

ExisAng  1960  &  1970s  Buildings  

Mt.  Pleasant  St.  

18th S

t.

Mt.  Pleasant  St.  

18th S

t.

TWO  BARS  

8 AYERS SAINT GROSS

SHARED SPACES + CONNECTIONS

TWO "BARS"

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION

LEARNING COURTS

SCHOOL IN THE PARK

SUN ORIENTATION

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

1 2

3 4

5 6

K-1 K-1

N

2-5 2-5

Multipurpose Hall(Gym and Assembly)

Learning Community (Academic Cluster)

Curiosity Center (Media Center)

Cafeteria

Nature Center

The Avenue

SOUTH  FACING  CLASSROOMS  

8 AYERS SAINT GROSS

SHARED SPACES + CONNECTIONS

TWO "BARS"

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION

LEARNING COURTS

SCHOOL IN THE PARK

SUN ORIENTATION

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

1 2

3 4

5 6

K-1 K-1

N

2-5 2-5

Multipurpose Hall(Gym and Assembly)

Learning Community (Academic Cluster)

Curiosity Center (Media Center)

Cafeteria

Nature Center

The Avenue

GRADE  APPROPRIATE  CLUSTERS  AND  COURTYARD  

8 AYERS SAINT GROSS

SHARED SPACES + CONNECTIONS

TWO "BARS"

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION

LEARNING COURTS

SCHOOL IN THE PARK

SUN ORIENTATION

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

1 2

3 4

5 6

K-1 K-1

N

2-5 2-5

Multipurpose Hall(Gym and Assembly)

Learning Community (Academic Cluster)

Curiosity Center (Media Center)

Cafeteria

Nature Center

The Avenue

MAIN  STREET  CONNECTS  ALL  LEVELS  &  SHARED  SPACE  

8 AYERS SAINT GROSS

SHARED SPACES + CONNECTIONS

TWO "BARS"

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION

LEARNING COURTS

SCHOOL IN THE PARK

SUN ORIENTATION

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

1 2

3 4

5 6

K-1 K-1

N

2-5 2-5

Multipurpose Hall(Gym and Assembly)

Learning Community (Academic Cluster)

Curiosity Center (Media Center)

Cafeteria

Nature Center

The Avenue

ENGAGE  THE  PARK  

8 AYERS SAINT GROSS

SHARED SPACES + CONNECTIONS

TWO "BARS"

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION

LEARNING COURTS

SCHOOL IN THE PARK

SUN ORIENTATION

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

1 2

3 4

5 6

K-1 K-1

N

2-5 2-5

Multipurpose Hall(Gym and Assembly)

Learning Community (Academic Cluster)

Curiosity Center (Media Center)

Cafeteria

Nature Center

The Avenue

PROJECT  SITE  PLAN  

COMMUNITY GARDEN

SCHOOL GARDEN

PROJECT  AERIAL  VIEW  

PROPOSED  PROJECT  TIMELINE  q  Winter  2015              Advance  Design  

q  Spring  2015              Procure  Design  Build  Contractor  &  Community  MeeAng  

q  Summer  2015            DemoliAon  Site  PreparaAon  &    Begin  ConstrucAon  of  New  AddiAon  

q  Summer  2016              RenovaAon  of  1923-­‐32  Buildings  

q  Summer  2017              New  AddiAon  complete.  DemoliAon  of  1960s  and  1970s  Buildings  

q  December  2017      Site  CompleAon  

December  2017   Summer  2017 Summer  2015-­‐17

PROJECT  NEIGHBORS  GROUP  

QUESTIONS  &  ANSWERS  

CONTACT  INFORMATION  

Department  of  General  Services  (DGS)  Darrell  Pressley,  DGS  SIT  Team  Coordinator  

darrell.pressley@dc.gov  202-­‐997-­‐9017  

Thank  you  for  your  Ame!