Meadowlark School

Meadowlark School is one of four new Net Zero ready schools in the Boulder Valley
School District designed to nurture 21st Century Learning and support
the Boulder Valley School District’s (BVSD) emerging Innovation
Guiding Principles, also facilitated by FNI. FNI served as the Design
Architect, and the Cuningham Group Architecture is the Architect
of Record for this school that accommodates 700 students raging from
Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.

Meadowlark School

The school is designed around the “Heart”, which unifies the 5 learning communities
and serves as the café, gathering space, and social center of the school.
This space is also a place for parents to linger, to gather the whole school
for performances and events, and a place to be inspired by the
framed view of the Front Rage Mountains.

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Each learning community includes a variety of learning spaces, including a makers lab,
flexible and agile classroom space, small group rooms, and space for
teacher collaboration. Safety and security was paramount throughout
the design process. The building is zoned that each wing can be individually
locked down, and there are two secure safe rooms in each learning community.

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The library is transformed to be a resource hub, the Curiosity Center, that fuels
student curiosity with access to print, digital, and tool resources.

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The “Heart” of the School creates a place for all to come together. The gathering stair
connects the dining space at the ground floor with the Curiosity Center
on the second floor extending the use of the cafe throughout the day and
creating a fun place for students to work individually or in groups.

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Stimulating, vibrant color unifies the school spaces.