Fairfield, Conn In planning t...

Fairfield, Conn
In planning the Burr Elementary gymnasium in Fairfield, Conn., the school's building committee heeded the words of William Wordsworth: draw near forth into the light of things, permit nature be your teacher.
They culled construction manager Turner Construction Company, recent York, and the fresh York office of A/E firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to integrate nature in succession the heavily wooded 15.5-acre site into the day-to-day experiences of the K-5 school's 500 scholars
SOM's design realized the town's vision of bringing the outdoors inside by way of organizing ...