Barkai School
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Barkai School
5302, 21st Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2005
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
Photos
Archphoto
A sunlight-filled atrium forms the core of this 30,000 sq.ft. preschool and elementary school. Both academic floors center on the light streaming in from skylights above, in "forum" spaces scaled and designed to promote school identity and creative interactions outside of the classrooms. Preschool and daycare classes are idiosyncratically formed to foster specialized learning/activity areas within the class, in accordance with the Bank Street model for early learning environments