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SUSAN B. ANTHONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA
The Susan B. Anthony Elementary School is situated on a portion of the upper level playground of an existing middle school. The relatively small parcel (approximately 3 acres) necessitated a two-story configuration for the 600 fifth and six graders who will utilize the school. The site layout, conceived to be independent of the adjacent campus, features an elliptical entry drive for bus and auto drop-off in front of a large open plaza for student gatherings.
This 44,000 S.F. facility was conceived to blend with the town homes of the surrounding neighborhoods and to fulfill the District's desire to build a modern version of an "old red brick schoolhouse". To this end the structure features dormer windows that break up the roofline and pale red concrete masonry wall construction. Concrete masonry was used for its appearance, durability, and long term reduction of maintenance costs. These are all considerations very important to neighborhood public schools. The classrooms are organized around a two level circulation core in groups of three that share multiple student activity alcoves off the corridor and are easily monitored from the classrooms.
ARCHITECT:
Deems Lewis McKinley Architects
12 Gough Street
San Francisco, California
94103
Wallace B. Gordon, AIA
Principal In Charge
Chris Ramm
Project Architect