RR70.01 Building Area: (sf) 143,442 sf Cost per Square Foot: $181 Construction Cost $26 million Date of Completion: May 2013

Program Summary: Complete renovation with addition and code upgrades for a historic academic building Program Statement: Damaged in Hurricane Katrina, the circa-1929 former high school in historic Marigny neighborhood was converted to a new pre-K through eighth grade public school for the State of Louisiana Department of Education’s Recovery School District. The three story concrete-frame and masonry infill structure has a new 25,000 square-foot addition on its south exposure. Besides classrooms and teaching spaces, the structure houses administration offices, a new cafeteria, library, and gymnasium. Ongoing structural damage to the exterior shell of the building due to poor masonry detailing necessitated removal of the existing brick skin, repair of the concrete frame, and an entirely new masonry enclosure with new doors and windows throughout. The original stone entrance was undamaged and left intact.

RR70.02 Principal Entrance At left, front Façade on St. Claude Avenue with original stone entrance bay. New steel hurricane-rated windows were used throughout the historic structure to replace the poorly maintained, damaged wood windows. Original cast stone elements were reused at the building cornice. Top and Center Right: Stone details at entrance. Bottom Left: Existing Front Façade

RR70.03 Masonry Detailing Façade detail showing cast stone elements reused

RR70.04 Existing Conditions and Demolition Phase At left, existing street façade prior to construction. At right, existing damaged masonry walls and several poorly constructed additions were removed prior to construction of the new wing across the south façade. At left, this curious floor condition was discovered under the original auditorium seating during the demolition phase. A series of concrete cells were removed to install the new gymnasium floor. At right, front façade during demolition phase of project showing original limestone entrance bay, restored during construction.

RR70.05 Second Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan

RR70.06 Entry Three spacious existing stair halls at the center of each original façade serve as entry and wayfinding spaces for students in this large educational facility. These separate entrances were given different-colored windows from the other building fenestration elements in order to make them legible. Multiple entrances allow students to access the building at preschool, elementary, and middle school entrance halls. This allows for this large public school facility to operate at different scales and helps to orient the students, particularly the younger ones who might be overwhelmed by the size of the facility in this urban setting.

RR70.07 Top of East Stair Hall Typical Classroom Corridor Painted MDF wainscots were used throughout the facility to protect the walls. Height of wainscot increases as students work their way up through the building and curriculum. Terrazzo floors were used in all classroom corridors as a low maintenance material. First floor corridors were replaced with new terrazzo and existing second and third floor terrazzo corridors were patched. The terrazzo floors in the new wing reverse the color pattern of the existing building. Daylight from the central courtyards enlivens the long existing corridors of the original building.

RR70.08 Classrooms The LEED Silver facility has generous window bays to provide good daylighting for teaching spaces throughout the building. VCT floor patterns were employed as a strategy to make homeroom spaces memorable. At lower left, two music classroom are able to function as a single performance space by means of a movable wall system.

RR70.09 Media Center New skylights were replaced in original locations and daylight was filtered through a fabric awning armature to give interest to this important center. Furniture was also selected by the firm to bring color and life into this interior space.

RR70.10 Exterior Courtyard Left: Detail of fabric awning at Media Center skylight Right: Exterior skylight courtyard at Media Center Longitudinal section through cafeteria, gymnasium, and the media center. The cafeteria and media center feature skylights allowing natural light into interior rooms.

RR70.11 Media Center Looking North

RR70.12 South Addition and Play Yard Brick classroom blocks “bookend” horizontal-format zinc paneled mechanical spaces. Cast stone sun screens protect the classroom glazing on the south façade. The addition is broken into three masses to break down the scale of the building and creates entrances from the play yard to the south.

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Project Name: Charles J. Colton School Project Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Owner/Client: State of Louisiana Department of Education Recovery School District Architect(s) of Record: Waggonner& Ball Architects 2200 Prytania Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Project Team: David Waggonner, Principal-in-Charge Mac Ball Charles Sterkx Jerry Blanchard Maria Papacharlambous Fred Allison Landscape Architect: NOLA + Design, Inc. Consultants: Moses Engineering, Inc. Shrenk & Peterson Futch Design Associates Julien Engineering & Consulting, Inc. General Contractor: F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates

RR70.14 Credit Slide This slide will not be seen by the judges. It replaces what in past years has been in the sealed envelope. Please fill out the information requested to the left. As with other slides please set the correct Entry Number above; OK to leave slide# as “x” Some of this information will be added to the slides when used for the Awards Presentation at the AIA Louisiana Convention. Note: on this slide if you run out of space please adjust font size as necessary or move more information to the second column. Please submit 2 Power Point Submissions on CD as indicated on the instructions sent to you with your entry number (one w/credit slide and one without).

Photographer(s): (please list which specific slides get credited to each photographer(s) listed). Will Crocker (1, bottom right) Waggonnner & Ball Architects (4) All other photos by Alise O’Brien.