School Description
Cheltenham Elementary School is located in the West Colfax Neighborhood of Denver at the Corner of Colfax and Julian. Cheltenham is home to six hundred – seventy nine students that attend school for Early Childhood Education through the Fifth Grade. It also acts as a neighborhood park, for which there are few, and a Community Resource Center for various community programs and continuing education.
Learning Landscapes Description
Located immediately adjacent to Colfax Avenue, this plan calls for a buffer of green space followed by a series of play areas to create a reprise from the noise and continual traffic.
Cheltenham Elementary School
Construction Date
October 2005
Landscape Architect
GPD Land Design
Play Equipment Vendor
Game Time
School Garden Sponsor
Denver Urban Gardens
Community Garden
Garden Design
Master Plan
Vision
The Cheltenham Elementary School Campus will become an amenity to the school and a community park for the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver. We will create an environment that while being protective, educational, nurturing, and fun for the students at Cheltenham, is also a place that is a welcome respite from the urban environment of West Colfax.
Goals
- To create a safe place for the children of Cheltenham to learn, grow, and play.
- To provide shade and protection from other elements.
- To improve recreational opportunities
- To create outdoor learning opportunities through play.
- To enlarge parking for elementary employees and visitors.
- To establish community connectedness as a prevalent condition throughout considerations of each.
Design Development
Description
Located immediately adjacent to Colfax Avenue, this plan calls for a buffer of green space followed by a series of play areas to create a reprise from the noise and continual traffic.
Illustrative Drawing
Design Development Drawings
Presentation Boards
3D Model Photos
Construction Documentation
Description from Architect
Cheltenham Elementary school was designed as a learning landscape, a design concept that incorporates participatory learning elements with recreational play. The site is adjacent to a major urban corridor, Colfax Ave., and a mixed use neighborhood. With this new design the site now acts as a park for a neighborhood previously a very urban area. The project scope included design development through project closeout.
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure