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Lincoln Heights Elementary
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The program for this school was simple: 20 classrooms, a cafeteria with a portable stage, a library, administrative offices, and teachers' lounge. The Board of Education gave specific instructions to save the attractive wooded areas on the property, even though these areas were the easiest for building. This initial constraint turned was turned into an advantage which shaped the overall design of the school.
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The regular rhythm and geometry of the overall site layout compliments its natural setting with seven similar buildings ordered in a neat diagonal row across the landscape. There was no need for more than 2 feet of fill under any of the buildings and each was positioned sensitively onto the land. Five of the buildings were separated into four classrooms, the cafeteria and kitchen occupied another and the library, administrative offices, and teachers' lounge filled the final building.

Within the overall composition, each building makes a complete and unified statement about itself: its construction is a simple and straightforward combination of brick, timber, and glass. Circulation between buildings is exterior under generous overhanging eaves that provide good shade and shelter from the elements. Connection between the blocks is by covered walkways. The open construction of the low pitched roofs and generous windows provide light and airy interiors to the classrooms. The combination of laminated timber beams with a ceiling of exposed mill plank decking imparts a warm color to the interiors.

PROJECT TYPE:
Elementary School
New Construction
 
Charlotte, NC
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