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Addition design from front
Addition design from rear
Main level plan
Lewis Street Elevation, Front
Playground, rear elevation
Lewis Street View
Playground view
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Bears and Blankets Academy of Early Learning
Renovation + Expansion Feasibility Study
Private Commission
​Early Childhood Center
Staunton, Virginia
2019
4,500sf​
Credits
Project Text
This project included a feasibility study and schematic design for a 3,000 square-foot addition to an existing two-story concrete masonry unit building. The goal was to provide an addition that expands the school while creating a more fluid connection to the rear playground. The design is sensitive to the existing building’s scale and modesty, and imagines an addition that acts as a complimentary, contemporary sibling. The plan establishes the kitchen and a “playful stair” as the central hub of the school located at the juncture of old and new.
Design
Seth McDowell
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