Team Member

• Jean Underwood, Project Manager

Architect of Record

• BLDD Architects, Inc.

Pekin High School wanted to update their existing library to support 21st century learning models and provide a warm, engaging space that students felt comfortable in and were drawn to. The renovated Library includes small, medium, and large group classrooms, a café area, new circulation desk and research stations, workroom and offices. Operable partitions and glass walls are used to connect the classrooms to the Library stacks area to create a dynamic, unified space

NEEDS:

• Engaging, updated space for students to gather and collaborate from early morning to evening

• Flexible spaces to accommodate a variety of groups

• Eliminate under utilized space

SOLUTIONS: 

• Created various small, medium, and large spaces to accommodate any group

• Provided operable partitions to easily modify spaces

• Incorporated a variety of comfortable furnishings that support modern student learning

• Made environmental graphics and color selections to support school branding