Designed to serve a growing community, LAUSD’s
Elementary School (ES) #9 began with a simple goal: create an open, welcoming
campus for students while maximizing convenience to parents and administration.
The campus includes 26
classrooms in a new, three-story building, along with a library and
administration offices. To promote 21st century teaching and
learning, classrooms are designed to promote on student collaboration and
flexible instruction. The classroom building features ample secondary spaces on
the upper floors that include teacher workrooms, speech therapy rooms, and
resource specialist classrooms. Adjacent to the classroom building is the
multi-purpose building that includes a multi-purpose space, kitchen, staff
lunchroom, and a covered outdoor lunch area.Circular openings are
repeated throughout the classroom building’s exterior façade with the intension
of being playful elements of design, while providing opportunities for increased
supervision. The openings offer visual connections from the upper outdoor decks
to the playgrounds, providing teachers with better supervision capabilities.
The circles are also a reminder that ES #9 is a place for kids and create a
lively exterior that complements the energy and vivaciousness of the students
and learning that occurs within.
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