Nashville Elementary School
PROJECT INFORMATION
Urban Educational Design | 200,000 sq ft
SoBro Neighborhood, Nashville, TN
Professor Barbara Klinkhammer, Fall 2011
Third Year Studio
With Nashville’s booming economy and growing population, the call for educational outreach in the downtown area is imminent. The area on 4th and Elm is the object of discussion as many idealistic plans for multi-use structures and living communities have been a pull for bringing the population back to the downtown area. The objective was to create an elementary school for 1st-5th grade students to engage these newly placed homes and provide a sense of community in this upcoming area.
This design for an elementary school in the SoBro neighborhood was largely based around the interaction of students within a space and how the atmosphere in which they learn can effect their education quality. The zoning in the design created vast opportunities for community gatherings and articulates the landscape in a modular way. The first zone is the entry sequence that allows for a shaped view into the faux courtyard and into more intimate exterior spaces. Moving through the walkway and continuing downhill, overlapping spaces create an emphasis on community and in turn, begin to echo into the design of the school.