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Sierra Verde Elementary
Deer Valley Unified School District #97
| Glendale, Arizona |
Photos by: Carlos Murrieta |
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Owner:
Deer Valley Unified School District #97
Principal in Charge:
Robert Pian
AIA, Partner Principal
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: Joe E. Woods, Inc.
Size:
75,000 SF
Cost: $7,309,651
Scheduling:
Design Start:
August 2000
Design Completion:
November 2000
Construction Start:
December 2000
Construction Completion:
October 2001
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Located in north Glendale, Sierra Verde in filled into a mature neighborhood in the man made lake community of
Arrowhead Ranch. The complete K-8 Elementary School is one of two ultimate model Deer Valley USD schools. The
campus buildings from court yards that create activity areas and sense of neighborhood in a 850 to 1000 student
campus. The campus arrangement also provides for an easy to manage security perimeter.
Kindergarten features an age appropriate activity and play area.
First thru sixth grades surround two separate courtyards. The
seventh and eights grades have their own courtyard along with
their own PE locker rooms. Stetson Hills also includes music rooms
as well as dedicated art, science, special needs and computer
lab rooms. Circulation takes place under exterior cantilevered
canopies for the most part. As a result almost all of the interior
space is learning space.
The specialized accommodation includes a play booster for the
primary grades and a separate play booster for the intermediate
grades. All share the Multi Purpose turf play field as well as
the Multi Purpose room, basketball court and stage. The Multi
purpose room is able to be divided so that the schools kitchen
can serve lunch in one half of the room while PE classes can take
place in the other half.
Deer Valley insistence to use long lasting low maintenance construction led to the use of masonry walls and steel
roof structure. The facility made use of high efficiency package air conditioning units which are easy to service.
The administration building stands alone and acts as the controlled entry point and can be secured during off hours.
Finally, the family areas are very active in school programs.
A room is dedicated for school volunteers. The drop off, pick
up lane as well as parking areas are ample. Many of the students
are within walking distance so the bus lane could be scaled down
while pedestrian walkways reach out in every direction to provide
direct access for the "walkers".
The project was financed with Arizona School Facilities Board
as well as the Districts own supplemental bond funds. A shift
in boundary required that the campus be constructed in 8 months.
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