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San Carlos Intermediate School
San Carlos Unified School District #4
| San Carlos, Arizona |
Photos by: Carlos Murrieta |
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Owner:
San Carlos Unified School District #4
Principal in Charge:
William Pittenger
RA, CSI, Associate
Project
Architect:
Howell Shay
AIA, Partner Principal
Team:
Howell Shay
AIA, Partner Principal
Consultants:
Kraemer Engineering, Inc.
Gookin Engineering, Inc.
Electrical Design Consultants, Inc.
E.M. Plummer Consulting Engineers
Design-TEC Food Facilities, Inc.
General Contractor: Smith/Woods Contracting, Inc.
Size:
56,045 SF
Cost: $7,196,092
Scheduling:
Design Start:
May 2001
Design Completion:
September 2001
Construction Start:
November 2001
Construction Completion:
November 2002
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The new San Carlos Intermediate School was designed as the replacement building for the existing Intermediate
School located downtown San Carlos. The biggest Challenge was to keep the existing school in session while the
new school was under construction. The existing limited space was overcome by the school district acquiring new
land across the street extended between them. When construction was complete the existing school was demolished
and new play courts where constructed in its place.
Other design parameters consisted of each home room class having a view to the exterior so students would have
a constant contact with the exterior environment. Security played an essential role in the circulation of the
school with main entry point of contact at the administration area.
Program
The new school accommodates 450 students in the 3rd, 4th and
5th grades. The overall Project consist of 22 classrooms,
a computer lab, art room, music room as well as other ammenities
such as media center, dinning facility, multipurpose room
with stage, full service kitchen, nurses clinic and administration
area with offices.
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