Macungie, PA - W2A has developed a teaching aid
that helps students at Willow Lane
Elementary School learn
about the “ABC’s of Environmental Responsibility.” The handout details many of the
green design aspects of their new school, and also encourages the students to
incorporate environmental responsibility into their daily lives. The building
design features numerous sustainable attributes, and is anticipated to achieve
LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council later this
year.
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| Suzy Allerton, AIA, LEED AP (W2A Architect and LEED Coordinator) presents large scale boards of the handouts to Willow Lane students and teachers. |
To accommodate needs of the
growing East
Penn School
District, W2A designed this 85,000 SF, new
elementary school. The school is oriented to provide
direct accessibility for bus drop-off, parental drop-off and walking student
population as well as visibility for visitors and deliveries.
The plan is efficiently
organized and provides flexibility for future increases in student population as
well as after-hours use by the community of interior and exterior spaces.
Access into the building is monitored and controlled by personnel in the
Administration Suite, which is located to maintain direct visual connection to
the main entrance.
The building includes five
classrooms per grade for levels one through five; two additional flexible
classrooms (each divisible into two spaces for small group instruction); three
Kindergarten Rooms (each with private toilet room and direct access to the
secured exterior Kindergarten Playground Area); four Special Education Rooms
(each with private toilet rooms); Administration and Health Suite, Multipurpose
Room (with stage); Cafeteria; Full-Service Kitchen; Music and Art
Rooms; Library; Computer Room; one Small Group Instruction Room; Faculty Rooms
and Supplemental Workroom; Student, Staff and Public accessible Toilet Rooms; as
well as various Support, Service and Storage Spaces. Each pair of adjoining classrooms is divided by a movable partition for additional flexibility.
