Browne Education Campus Modernization
Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit
Sent by: MCN Build
Owner: DC Dept. of General Services/DC Public Schools
Lead Design Firm: Perkins Eastman
General Contractor: MCN Build
Designer: R. McGhee & & Associates
Subcontractors: Freestate Electrical Construction Co.; Pro-Air Inc.; District Construction Co.; Alcoa Concrete & & Masonry of DC; Boldmark Steel Industries; Forsythe DC; HRGM Corp.; Genesys Impact; HADDCON
The job group changed a precious neighborhood organization into a design for 21st-century public education, remodeling an almost century-old primary structure and its 1950s-era South Wing with a method that highlights the school’s function in African-American neighborhood life throughout the period of partition. Functions consist of sunlit, climate-controlled class; a stand-alone auditorium; lunchroom; science laboratories; and devoted music and art spaces. Outdoors, the school is similarly thoughtful, with 3 play grounds for various age, basketball courts, a soccer training location, EV-ready parking, bioretention landscaping and brand-new ADA ramps.
Ingenious analytical and strong cooperation assisted get rid of budget plan restraints, right-sizing the school by changing the extra-large 1970s-era health club structure, leading to an overall size of 159,000 sq ft. A part of the existing piping tunnels was transformed into a discovery commons with natural lighting for group knowing, while an outmoded emergency situation shelter was repurposed into locker spaces, workplaces and a class.
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