Mt. Healthy Early Learning Center
Client: Mt. Healthy City Schools
Location: Mt. Healthy, Ohio
- A new 40,000sf, 400-student preschool.
- Pairs of classrooms share a studio space and outdoor learning area, encouraging teacher teamwork, enabling flexibility and creating the seamless opportunity for outdoor learning.
- Low windows engage young learners with the outside while leaving the walls above for the display of student work.
- Several acres of outdoor learning space that highlight different ecosystems.
Interesting Fact: The unique “clipped corner” shape of the classrooms are a space planning solution that maximizes the balance of classroom and auxiliary learning spaces in the floor plan, as well as maintaining clear lines of sight for teachers.
Architecture|Interior Design|
This preschool prioritizes the educational needs of young learners on a site selected within walking distance to the students in greatest need. By focusing on the unique needs of early learners, such as learning-through-play and developing strong social and emotional skills, the design delivers an environment in which children can grow naturally and organically to meet the challenges of being lifelong learners.