Main Entrance Welcome

Main Entrance Welcome
Completing its Neighborhood

Completing its Neighborhood
Open Arms Invitation to Learning

Open Arms Invitation to Learning
The Main Stair Portico with Exterior Gathering Bleachers

The Main Stair Portico with Exterior Gathering Bleachers
Kindergarten School Yard and Classrooms

Kindergarten School Yard and Classrooms
Entry Hall Excitement

Entry Hall Excitement
Interior Gathering Bleachers and Central Stair

Interior Gathering Bleachers and Central Stair
The Joy of Upward Movement

The Joy of Upward Movement
Each Wing with its Own Color Identity

Each Wing with its Own Color Identity
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Sample Description

An Incubator for Collaborative Learning

Elizabeth Baldwin School

City of Pawtucket, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Jonathan Levi Architects, Design Architect, Co-production Architect 
with
Torrado Architects, Lead Architect

The new 840 student Elizabeth Baldwin Elementary School provides a new kind of PK-5 school experience, emphasizing the proven value of spontaneous interaction, mutual inspiration, and student-centered initiative over mono-directional instruction. The design is carefully crafted with small-scale learning communities for both students and staff to facilitate collaborative learning, collaborative teaching, visible learning, flexible learning, and community engagement.  A kind of ‘learning’ rather than ‘teaching’ based education which will characterize the hybrid virtual/physical learning communities of the future and of which the designs for the new Baldwin are a prudent forerunner and model.

Size: 94,000 gsf
Completion 8/25

Aligning with and Completing the Urban Fabric
Aligning with and Completing the Urban Fabric
Site Plan with Every Square Foot Utilized
Site Plan with Every Square Foot Utilized
Media Center - A Landscape of Discovery Facing the Neighborhood
Media Center - A Landscape of Discovery Facing the Neighborhood
Multi-functional, Flexible Media Center Plan
Multi-functional, Flexible Media Center Plan
Breaking the Traditional School Box to Enhance Learning Community
Breaking the Traditional School Box to Enhance Learning Community
The Small Learning Community Concept - Each Grade Cohort with its Own Wing and Floor
The Small Learning Community Concept - Each Grade Cohort with its Own Wing and Floor
Diagram
Step-down Wings Surround the Child-scaled Recess and Outdoor Classroom Courtyard
Step-down Wings Surround the Child-scaled Recess and Outdoor Classroom Courtyard
Cafetorium Placed at the Center of School Life - Used All Day Long for Visible Teaching and Learning
Cafetorium Placed at the Center of School Life - Used All Day Long for Visible Teaching and Learning
Learning Commons, One of Two, Embedded In the Classroom Wings
Learning Commons, One of Two, Embedded In the Classroom Wings
Airy, Light-filled Classroom
Airy, Light-filled Classroom
Glass Enclosed Elliptical Conference Room-Bringing People Together
Glass Enclosed Elliptical Conference Room-Bringing People Together
Level 1 Floor Plan
Level 1 Floor Plan
Level 2 Floor Plan
Level 2 Floor Plan
A Welcoming Beacon of Hope Reaching Out Into the Community
A Welcoming Beacon of Hope Reaching Out Into the Community