PROJECT Paul Public Charter School

LOCATION  Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  8/3/2015

ARCHITECT Shinberg.Levinas Architects

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT  

OWNER/CLIENT  Paul Public Charter School

CONTRACTOR / CONSTRUCTION MANAGER  Turner Construction Company

PHOTOGRAPHER  Alan Karchmer

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM  Desmond Grimball, Salo Levinas, Milton Shinberg, Maria Gorodetskaya

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

Paul Public Charter School is a 135,000 sft renovation and 30,000 sft addition of a former DCPS junior high school. While the original school building primarily addresses the academic programming, the addition responds to the arts and athletics needs of the school with a new double gym, dance studio and art center. The double gym allows for simultaneous use by multiple student groups, and includes an indoor running track at the gym perimeter.

Other programs housed in the addition include a library, resource center, offices and support spaces. A bridge at the second floor connects the addition to the existing building.

One of the design and construction goals was to build the school economically, using resources in a creative and efficient way. The addition is constructed using prefabricated structural insulated panels (SIPs). The panels act as the exterior wall structure, provide high thermal insulation properties, and are cost and time effective.

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IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS

IMAGE 1  Paul PCS_highres_ext Façade Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 2  Paul PCS_highres_ext_2 VIEW OF SOUTH & WEST FACADE Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 3  Paul PCS_highres_int Stairs/Hall Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 4  Paul PCS_lowres_1 VIEW OF SOUTH & WEST FACADE Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 5  Paul PCS_lowres_2 VIEW OF WEST FACADE Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 6  Paul PCS_lowres_3 VIEW OF NORTH FACADE Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 7  Paul PCS_lowres_4 GYM Alan Karchmer

IMAGE 8  Paul PCS_lowres_4 VIEW FROM COURTYARD Alan Karchmer