For eight years, the Warrior Run School District worked to realize their vision for a new elementary school located on the District’s main campus. The new Warrior Run Elementary School embraces its location and site to provide a learning environment for students to thrive in and to serve the community for generations to come.
A theme of the new school is to put “learning on display”. At its core, is a 2-story skylit Lobby around which the public, shared-use, and related arts spaces are located providing abundant natural light and fostering a sense of community. Overlooking the Lobby is a Learning Stair and small group areas for student collaboration. All classrooms feature windows to the corridor and the Art and STEM rooms boast folding glass walls that allow them to open up to a shared work area for flexible learning opportunities.
To meet the District’s goals for site development, the selected location for the new school included a 45′ elevation change across the site. The resulting design embraces this with a 3-story school that steps with the slope and provides direct site access from all three floors, including a bridge to an outdoor learning plaza from the 3rd floor.
