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Recent projects

Funtime Early Learning Academy, Naples, Florida
Provided consultation to an existing early education program on the creation of a new building. Wrote an architectural program that reflects the needs of their multi-component project. The proposed new building will have classrooms for children ages infancy to 5 years, a community resource room, staff work room, a resource room for parents, a multipurpose space, art studio for children and visiting artists, a children's library, a child wellness clinic and an area to showcase the history of this oldest non-profit in Naples. The site will also have a rooftop garden for children 3-5 years and garden on the ground floor of the building for children birth to 3.

Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, Lenexa, Kansas
Provided consultation to the parish on schematic drawings for a new early education center for preschool children. Included a written evaluation of the current building layout to create space that better meets the needs of the different types of programs being offered.

Blue Springs School District Play Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri
Completed design development drawings for two outdoor play gardens at the new center that will be built for the early childhood program and the multiple-disabled program. We worked on the interior design of the building along with Hollis + Miller Architects. The early childhood play garden will serve children ages 3 to 5 with a variety of needs. It includes an adapted sand box, water play blocks, an art area with accessible art easels, a regular riding track and an adaptive riding track for therapy, adaptive trykes, a drive-thru tryke tunnel for storage of trykes, raised garden beds, a musical turtle, a critter and butterfly garden and an adapted climber with ramps and accessible stairs. The large climber can also be used by primary age children in the multiple-disabled program. The garden for the children in the multiple disabled program includes a large sway swing that can be used by everyone including the preschool children, a recirculating stream with waterfall, a proprioceptive hammock, a wheelchair accessible nature trail, raised garden beds and an accessible art area with clean up sinks. The gardens will be used by both teachers and therapists in the program who had input in to the design process.

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