RESEMBLING a human arm, a tree-trunk porch-support column ushers children into the Blakely Elementary School. Its smooth, bark-less surface begs to be touched by students, most of whom live among the tall firs of Bainbridge Island, an exurban redoubt of tiny farms and waterfront houses 35 minutes west of Seattle by ferry. Children discover many such evocative, tactile elements throughout the 63,800-square-foot, $34 million school, which was designed by Seattle-based Mithun for 450 students in pre-K through the fourth grade. There are kid-size niches fitted along the entry portico that invite exploration. In the library, children can stack laminated wood blocks to clamber upon, or gather them around to form a story nook. These are grace notes with a pedagogical intent: "We wanted to have the entire school available for learning," says Tamela Van Winkle, the executive director of Facilities Operations and Capital Projects for the Bainbridge Island School District.
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机译：类似于人的手臂，树干门廊 - 支持专栏ushers儿童进入了一所手推车。它的光滑，较轻的表面乞求被学生触及，其中大多数人都在贝恩布里奇岛的高大途径中居住，这是一场小农场和海滨房屋35分钟的渡轮，乘坐渡轮35分钟。儿童在63,800平方英尺，3400万美元的学校中发现了许多这样的令人兴奋的触觉元素，该学校由西雅图的Mithun设计为450名学生通过第四年级。沿着入门门户邀请探索的孩子尺寸的利基。在图书馆中，孩子们可以将层压木块堆叠到攀登，或者聚集它们以形成一个故事角落。这些是具有教育意图的宽限记：“我们希望拥有整个学校可供学习，”贝恩布里奇岛学区的设施运营和资本项目执行主任Tamela Van Winkle说。
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