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Modular Classrooms by Perkins+Will: An Adaptable, Sustainable Solution
Overcrowded schools, sizeable population fluxes, and environmental
changes have resulted in 7.5 million U.S. school children learning in
temporary classrooms. And according to figures from the World Bank,
educating children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million
new classrooms in more than 100 countries. To address this issue,
Architecture for Humanity launched the Open Architecture Challenge
in 2009, asking architects and designers to envision the classroom of
the future. The Atlanta office of Perkins+Will won the modular category
with its vision for Sprout Space, a 1,000-square-foot mobile classroom
that provides a healthy, sustainable, and flexible place for up to 36 K-12
students to learn. With the assistance of Triumph Modular and Mark
Line Industries, Perkins+Will’s vision for a modular classroom is now
available to the U.S. education market.
The design of Sprout Space aims to support various teaching
styles, seating arrangements, peer collaboration, and even outdoor
learning with an exterior teaching wall. “Exterior marker boards and the
fiber cement rain screen panel system are meant to get the kids out of
the classroom when the weather is nice, since 90 percent of our time is
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spent indoors,” says Allen Post, Perkins+Will’s lead designer on the
Sprout Space project.
In order to create a healthy learning environment, various
sustainable building strategies are utilized. Sprout Space operates as a
net-zero energy building and the firm is currently seeking LEED® Gold
certification for permanent installations. Natural light, which has been
proven to enhance the performance of students and instructors alike,
passes through a wall of glass doors and clerestory windows, and can
be mitigated through sunshades. Sustainable and cost-conscious
methods were also incorporated through use of photovoltaic roof
panels, LED lighting, and a variable refrigerant flow-heat recovery air
conditioning system. Rainwater is also collected.
A Sprout Space prototype is currently on display adjacent to the
National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with a
green schools exhibit. And scheduled to open in fall 2013, the
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School, 30 miles south of Atlanta, will be
the first permanent K-12 school composed entirely of Sprout Space
classrooms. —Emily HoopEr
contractdesign.com
march 2013
renderings: courtesy perkins+will
the sustainably designed
sprout space is adaptable
to various learning styles
in both indoor and outdoor
environments (left). dry-erase
and tackable panels maximize
work surfaces (below). Flexible furniture can be easily
reconfigured.
education
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Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Gaining Projects in the Education Market
Exhibition: Cevisama
Product Focus: On the Move
Product Briefs: Education
University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Bangkok University Imagine Lounge
Lorain County Community College iLoft
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall, Sonoma State University
Forum Overview: Contract Design Forum Looks Toward the Future
Designers Select: Education Solutions
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