Sts. John & Paul School Media Center LOCATION Larchmont, NY SIZE 2,000 square feet
Technology and the Internet have dramatically changed the world. Schools have had to adjust, moving beyond chalk boards and textbooks into the digital age. Computers and other interactive teaching devices have revolutionized the way teachers can convey information in an interesting and effective manner. To facilitate this new way of learning and bring their school into the 21st century, administrators at the Saints John & Paul School realized they needed to develop a state-of-the-art media center.
DCAK-MSA created the media center by joining three classrooms, providing a computer learning cluster and independent study area for 55 students. A library stack area with both digital and paper archives helps bridge the old and new teaching modalities. By creating large openings with custom sliding walls allowed the spaces to be joined as one integrated space. DCAK-MSA selected vibrant colors, furniture and carpet, mirrored by custom free-flowing ceiling forms and lighting, to create a lively, fun, inspirational learning environment.
DCAK-MSA worked closely with the Archdiocese of New York and their technology consultants to turn the schools’ vision of an up-to-date, fully computerized facility into reality. The construction of the project was fast tracked during the summer school recess and was up and ready for use in time for the 2007 academic year.
Technology and the Internet have dramatically changed the world. Schools have had to adjust, moving beyond chalk boards and textbooks into the digital age. Computers and other interactive teaching devices have revolutionized the way teachers can convey information in an interesting and effective manner. To facilitate this new way of learning and bring their school into the 21st century, administrators at the Saints John & Paul School realized they needed to develop a state-of-the-art media center.
DCAK-MSA created the media center by joining three classrooms, providing a computer learning cluster and independent study area for 55 students. A library stack area with both digital and paper archives helps bridge the old and new teaching modalities. By creating large openings with custom sliding walls allowed the spaces to be joined as one integrated space. DCAK-MSA selected vibrant colors, furniture and carpet, mirrored by custom free-flowing ceiling forms and lighting, to create a lively, fun, inspirational learning environment.
DCAK-MSA worked closely with the Archdiocese of New York and their technology consultants to turn the schools’ vision of an up-to-date, fully computerized facility into reality. The construction of the project was fast tracked during the summer school recess and was up and ready for use in time for the 2007 academic year.