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A Partially Constructed Commercial Building Transformed Into a Vibrant Public Preschool

Circular transforms a partially constructed building in New York into a vibrant preschool designed to support learning and wellness in an under-served community.

Circular transformed a partially constructed commercial building into a vibrant public preschool, part of a city initiative to provide modern school facilities where they are most needed. The Corona 3K Center is located in one of the fastest-growing yet under-served areas in Corona, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City. The area boasts a large population of newly arrived families with young children, where quality childcare is in high demand and suitable options are all-too limited.

The Roosevelt Avenue corner site is on a busy commercial corridor fronted by an elevated subway train and vehicular traffic, which presented several challenges for the architects. They were tasked with an overhaul of the existing structure, which was originally supposed to include a ground-floor retail space and an office on the upper level. ?This building was actively under construction,? says Jordan Parnass, principal at Circular. ?A big part of our responsibility was to quickly identify how we could change what the landlord had planned to do and turn it into a school.?
A series of bright panels enlivens the re-designed facade, chosen to represent a progression along the color spectrum ? and provide some respite from the surrounding gray streetscape. The same shades are repeated as stripes in the playroom, ...

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