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St Mathew Charter School for the Performing Arts
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New Charter School for the Performing Arts
St. Mathew AME Church, Sponsor
Perspective Views of the Interior Space :
A major challenge of this project is the REUSE of a former PECO Energy electric substation
building, a concrete framed one tall story and deep basement building constructed a half story
above the sidewalk. In addition to environmental considerations related to lead paint,
abandoned equipment and chemical residue.
This presentation demonstrates a design approach to the existing building that makes it
comfortably accessible for persons in wheelchairs in a way that it appears that it was originally
designed that way. We carved out a section of the first floor which allows the flooding of
daylight from large windows with southern exposure to allow filtered sunshine into a deep
multileveled basement area. Special planning consideration was given to building systems in as
much as the basement floor was below City drainage and water service.
(Reserved for Computerized Video)
St. Mathew AME Church, Sponsor
Perspective Views of the Interior Space :
A major challenge of this project is the REUSE of a former PECO Energy electric substation
building, a concrete framed one tall story and deep basement building constructed a half story
above the sidewalk. In addition to environmental considerations related to lead paint,
abandoned equipment and chemical residue.
This presentation demonstrates a design approach to the existing building that makes it
comfortably accessible for persons in wheelchairs in a way that it appears that it was originally
designed that way. We carved out a section of the first floor which allows the flooding of
daylight from large windows with southern exposure to allow filtered sunshine into a deep
multileveled basement area. Special planning consideration was given to building systems in as
much as the basement floor was below City drainage and water service.
(Reserved for Computerized Video)
