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Garden Hills Elementary

Champaign, Illinois

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Features:
  • 31,000 s.f. addition
  • Performance gymnasium
  • Science rooms
  • Administrative spaces
  • Outdoor learning

Certifications:
  • U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design LEED-certified: LEED Gold®
Reinventing the Garden Hills Elementary School to become a stronger option for the public in a “controlled choice” school district was one of the overarching goals of this additions and renovations project. Existing spaces were re-imagined, leaving those areas that fit within the new educational program refreshed but otherwise as is, and reconfiguring all others to create the flexible learning environment.

​A 31,000 s.f. addition was created to construct the unique spaces that could not be housed in the existing structure, such as a performance gymnasium with performing arts capabilities (with seating for 800), dining room and kitchen, a modern science room, kindergarten rooms in their own community, and administrative spaces organized to provide building access control.
Garden Hills Elementary School was reinvented to become a stronger option for the public in a “controlled choice” school district.

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