Elementary School Features Multiple Products to Support Daylit, Energy-Efficient Spaces
Edgewood Elementary School welcomes students, parents and faculty to the Surrey School District in British Columbia. Its sustainable, contemporary facility provides space for more than 650 students from kindergarten to Grade 7 in the burgeoning Grandview Heights neighbourhood.
Thinkspace designed the building to meet LEED® Gold criteria and specified Alumicor aluminum-framed systems. Transparent Glazing Systems (TGS) installed Alumicor curtainwall, projected window vents, sliding doors and swinging entrance doors. Combining these systems, the new school conveys a modern aesthetic and atmosphere of inclusiveness, openness and transparency. Complementing the building’s generous use of glass and metal, materials emphasize warm wood, bright white, blue and “Grey Wolf” accent colours to generate a continuity of visual expression from the exterior façade through the interior finishes.
“It’s an astounding building. You notice the architecture as soon as you walk into the front entrance,” shared Edgewood Elementary School’s principal, Shaun Nelson. “The design is very open, very expansive, there was an incredible amount of thought into traffic flows coming into the school. …Just that whole idea of bringing everyone together under one brand new roof, people are beyond excited.”