架构师提供的文本描述。这所K-8天主教学校位于这个城市人口稠密的地区，坐落在一个非常小的地方。该项目旨在以有限的资源达到最大的效果，以经济的手段将每一个约束转化为一个建筑机会。

Text description provided by the architects. This K-8 Catholic school in a densely populated part of the city sits on an extremely small site.  The project is designed to achieve the maximum effect with limited resources, working with an economy of means to turn every constraint into an architectural opportunity.

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(C)陈方安生

一个新的行人入口的学生和家庭发生沿一个坡道(一个规模过大，需要的障碍坡道)上升到中间的网站，并到达一个大的城市门廊。这一空间将成为学校的新纽带，以各种不同的方式运作，包括：容纳室外午餐室、进入学校、进入图书馆、从新艺术室进入第二层阳台和上面的现有教室。阳台还将成为大型宗教场合的讲坛/讲坛，如复活节。城市门廊为城市内的学校和教区提供了一个新的身份。

A new pedestrian entry for students and families occurs along a ramp (an over-scaled, required handicap ramp) that rises up to the middle of the site and arrives in a large Urban Porch. This space will become a new nexus for the school, functioning in a variety of different ways including; accommodating an outdoor lunchroom, entry to the school, entry to the library, a second story balcony accessed from the new art room and existing classrooms above. The balcony will also provide become a pulpit / lectern for the larger religious occasions such as Easter.  The Urban Porch provides a new identity for the school and parish within the City.

 © Benny Chan

(C)陈方安生

一个新的游乐场堆放在停车场上，一条新的车道环绕着场地周围，为学校社区提供了一条防火车道、一个缓冲区，以及在“城市门廊”前的一个现场下车处。新建筑-包括健身房/多用途室、艺术室和图书馆-与现有建筑分开，以容纳分阶段建造，并允许光线到达现有建筑物的前地下室。现有建筑的地下室被挖掘，为K，1，2年级提供了新的户外游乐区，这些地方是从年长的孩子那里缓冲出来的。桥梁，一个楼梯和一个新的电梯(升级到现有建筑物的ADA)连接建筑物和连接被覆盖的室外空间。现成的桁架悬臂，以创造阴影室外收集空间，作为一个简单的味觉的成本效益的材料的一部分。

A new playground is stacked over parking, and a new driveway wraps around the perimeter of the site, providing a fire lane, a buffer for the school community, and an on-site drop-off in front of the ‘Urban Porch’.  The new building, building housing a gym/multipurpose room, art room and library, is separated from the existing one to accommodate a phased construction and to allow light to reach the former basement of the existing building. The basement of the existing building was excavated providing new outdoor play areas for K, 1st, 2nd grades that is buffered from the older kids. Bridges, a stair and a new elevator (which upgrades ADA for the existing building) connect the buildings and engage the covered outdoor space.  Off-the-shelf trusses cantilever to create shaded outdoor gathering spaces, as part of a simple palate of cost-effective materials.

 First Floor Plan

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