Bronx Charter Elementary

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Bronx Charter Elementary

Bronx, NY

This project for an expanding charter school network in the Bronx includes the renovation of two buildings that share a large central courtyard and parking area. The school will occupy both buildings with their new, 580 student Elementary School, divided between lower and upper level grades with shared Cafeteria and Gymnatorium spaces in the two buildings. The parking lot will be reconfigured to repurpose the large courtyard as new outdoor recreational and instructional space. Taken together, the two buildings and outdoor Commons will provide the school community with an open campus plan that allows students and teachers to move between the various indoor and outdoor spaces of the school. A new wooden trellis structure acts to connect these spaces, providing clear paths, delineating the edge of the parking area, and leading to a large park and field at the southern end of the block.