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Creating Schools and Strengthening Communities through Adaptive Reuse.

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Title: Creating Schools and Strengthening Communities through Adaptive Reuse.
Language: English
Authors: Spector, Stephen, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, Washington, DC.
Availability: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 1090 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005-4905. Tel: 888-552-0624 (Toll Free); Tel: 202-289-7800; Web site: http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2003
Document Type: ERIC Publications
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Facility Case Studies, Found Spaces, School Buildings, School Construction
Geographic Terms: U.S.; District of Columbia
Abstract: This publication focuses on four school adaptive reuse projects--in Phoenix, Arizona; Wake County, North Carolina; Pomona, California; and Trenton, New Jersey. Together, the projects illustrate the many benefits of adaptive reuse and show that mainstream school districts can meet the regulatory and political challenges necessary to make such projects succeed, providing new schools when and where they are needed and transforming unused buildings into spaces that serve the diverse needs of students, parents, educators, and communities. While geographically and demographically distinct, the four projects share certain similarities: an immediate need to provide more school space existed; long construction lead times and state-mandated minimum site sizes were not available; non-educational buildings existed within the school district that could be transformed affordably; and the school district and the community possessed people who could recognize adaptive reuse opportunities and follow through with a project that called for innovation, good management, and political savvy. (Contains 18 references.) (EV)
Journal Code: RIEAPR2004
Entry Date: 2004
Accession Number: ED479383
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This publication focuses on four school adaptive reuse projects--in Phoenix, Arizona; Wake County, North Carolina; Pomona, California; and Trenton, New Jersey. Together, the projects illustrate the many benefits of adaptive reuse and show that mainstream school districts can meet the regulatory and political challenges necessary to make such projects succeed, providing new schools when and where they are needed and transforming unused buildings into spaces that serve the diverse needs of students, parents, educators, and communities. While geographically and demographically distinct, the four projects share certain similarities: an immediate need to provide more school space existed; long construction lead times and state-mandated minimum site sizes were not available; non-educational buildings existed within the school district that could be transformed affordably; and the school district and the community possessed people who could recognize adaptive reuse opportunities and follow through with a project that called for innovation, good management, and political savvy. (Contains 18 references.) (EV)