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【正文】 s. Converting older buildings into schools, however, can involve tons of technical challenges, according to architect Joseph Pica, principal of Los Angelesbased Pica amp。39。s the sign of the mature city. Source:《 Los Angeles Times》 , August 16, 2020 。 elementary division. It was not an easy task. To break down the big buildings into a scale fortable for children, the designers divided the squareshaped floor plan into four quadrants, each of which received a round lobby encircled by a cluster of classrooms and lit with skylights. They also cut numerous windows into the blank walls, covered the concrete block with stucco and painted the buildings pale yellow. In the dark, windowless interior of the buildings, the architects created wide hallways that serve as streets connecting the different classroom clusters. If the result is not literally a little red schoolhouse, Martin called it a great building and added that she is particularly pleased with the wide hallways. There is room for kids, adults, babies, dogs and cats to be in our hallways and be part of the school munity, she said. The conversion was paratively low cost, pared to new school construction. Crossroads paid $6 million for the land, and another $ million for the conversions. The school spent additional money to build a gym and athletic field, bringing the entire campus to about $17 million. Although public school districts typically prefer to build new schools rather than rehabilitate old buildings, several school officials now say they are open to the possibility of conversions. They are, said Duwayne Brooks, director of facilities for the state Department of Education, an option that we support, if that is the best situation to locate the school. The department approves the locations and designs for all new public schools in the state. Although the state agency follows standards on the size of schools, we have a lot of flexibility to look at situations in large urban areas, Brooks said. We will work with [districts] and allow smallersized sites. He cited the Pueblo Elementary School, which occupies one wing of the former shopping center Plaza at Indian Hill in Pomona. Recently, the school district bought a large portion of the mall and will create two new elementary schools on the site. But LAUSD39。s building codes. They also need new plumbing and electrical conduits for puters and Inter hookups, as well as safety features, such as smoke alarms and fire sprinklers. In some cases, school conversions do not require changing the form of the original building, such as the religious classrooms in the landmark
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