This 29,000 sf new building for the Montclair Elementary School houses a multipurpose room, teacher lounge, and ten classrooms. The high-performance and low-energy building, serving grades 1 through 5, features naturally ventilated classrooms, a green roof, and rainwater harvesting. Loisos + Ubbelohde joined the team early in the design process to analyze site location and building orientation in order to maximize the use of daylighting and deliver visual comfort. The classrooms face southeast with large operable windows protected from solar gain by calibrated horizontal louvers. Windows to the courtyard on the northwest are high to deeply admit diffuse light. In the second floor classrooms, skylights above the rear wall balance the daylight from the windows. Skylights in the multipurpose room admit daylight for lunch and play periods and are controlled for performance. The building will be 100% daylight autonomous during school hours. CHPS certification is expected.

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ARCHITECT
Gould Evans Baum Thornley Architects

LOCATION
Oakland, CA

CURRENT STATUS
Under Construction

Top right and bottom right: isolux contours of daylight levels in interior perspective view and plan perspective view of classroom.

Top left image: street perspective courtesy of GEBT.