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        Photo © Paul Burk  Central gathering space at Terraset Elementary.                               Photo © Paul Burk



















                       Views of Terraset before renovation.                                    Courtesy of Davis Carter Scott (DCS)
                       element with] a function of heating and cooling, the green  and minimal windows, the original school was dark—it
                       roof is now used daily for recreation and education,”  truly felt like an underground school. Now, natural light
                       Shaw said. “Students learn about nature through hands-on  filters in from the exterior walls through the building via
                       activities like planting vegetables and flowers, studying  stepped glass walls, and daylight pours in through the
                       butterflies, and creating art inspired by nature.”  clearstory windows on the two roof-top pavilions,” one
                               Introducing more natural light “was a priority from  located in the center of the building the other at the
                       the beginning,” Shaw continued. “With large overhangs  new main entry.


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