Situated just two blocks from the Denver Botanic Gardens and Congress Park , the old Stevens Elementary
School was always connected to the Capitol Hill and Chessman Park
neighborhoods along the 12 th Avenue parkway and popular inner-city bus
route.
Upper floors boast panoramic views of the
Rocky Mountains and Denver 's skyline. The 50,000 square foot historic
school was the ideal candidate for adaptive re-use. Voluminous 38 ft.
ceilings and column-free spans of 55 feet characterize the units on the
top floors – and the free use of classrooms as open lofts at the lower
levels reflect the Thematic of the design intervention. The project is
about change, similarity, and difference in space, civic presence and
new functions.