MONTESSORI CHILDRENS SCHOOL
Saint Louis, Mo
Addition/Renovation
AIA Design Excellence Award

As an addition to an existing facility located in a typical suburban condition, the strategy for the project is informed by a simultaneous, potentially conflictive intention: to operate within those aesthetic cannons that normally define the lack of concrete identity in all suburbia in the U.S., while trying to radically change the existing image of a building from the 60’s

The new roof , being a concave plane that undulates, it is both a form and its own shadow.

This has produced a facility with a strong specific identity which also remains faithful to the cacophony of formal repertoires normally found in suburban locations.