Whittier Elementary School, Granite School District - West Valley City, Utah

The second elementary school Architectural Nexus designed for Granite School District using our unique prototype, Whittier Elementary School sports the "classroom of the future".

The School is designed with the latest technologies and interactive methods to meet the primary goal for this facility, which is to provide an effective environment conducive to creative thinking, exploration, learning and teaching for the benefit of students. The organizational configuration of the school facility uses a circular "Main Street" to connect major building entrances, as well as the circular corridor provides an unfolding progression to access the school's major functional elements including the Main Office, two Classroom clusters, the Media Center, and Gymnasium.

Each classroom cluster is organized with a loop corridor around a central support core which houses a Teacher Planning Area, a Large Group Instruction (Kiva) Room to accommodate full grade level activities, as well as group restrooms and support facilities. Classroom layouts are organized to facilitate 4 to 5 simultaneous small group learning activities, but also with space for full class assembly.