Modern Education--Enclosing an existing school building with a new metal building creates a brand new school

摘要

The project at Eimwood-Murdock Elementary School in Elmwood, Neb., is a unique one. Instead of bulldozing the original school and starting all over, the architects, Omaha, Neb.-based Archi+Etc LLC, enclosed the existing building with a new metal building and retrofit metal roofing infill system to create one entirely new facility. The two small towns' consolidated school board, superintendent, staff and community realized upfront that they could not sell a big enough bond issue to provide a new school for both towns. They knew they wanted to spend their very tight budget of 90 dollars per square foot wisely, by getting air conditioning, and upgraded security and technology, while increasing the number of classrooms and existing classroom size if possible, for both existing schools, explained Richard B. Hawks Jr., AIA, principal at Archi+Etc LLC.