The schematic design contains the same functional areas of: Information Commons, Café, Classrooms, Garden, and a Community Meeting Room through an extension of the Café in the Garden Scheme presented during conceptual design. It continues to incorporate a two structure configuration with a landscaped garden as a central focus. The information commons is found as a two story configuration with an open mezzanine level comprising the second floor. The café and community meeting room is found on the ground level of the second structure, allowing for an interconnection between the café, meeting room, information commons and garden spaces. The café is set amidst the garden in an orientation that blends seamlessly into the natural space. The second floor finds classrooms with a view out onto the garden space, roof vegetable garden, and ‘green’ roof of the café. Both structures are connected with a pedestrian bridge which will facilitate the flow from one building to the other. The project also will incorporate the highest possible commitment to environmental and social responsibility and is targeted toward LEED certification at the Gold or Platinum level.

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