School Description
Stedman Elementary School is located in northeast Denver and serves the North Park Hill and Northeast park hill neighborhoods. The area is predominately residential comprised of charming older residential, single-family homes. Multi-family housing “duplexes” are also quite common in the area. The predominant architecture design in the subdivision features the elegant sturdy Denver Square or Bungalow following the tradition of the Craftsman movement, which stressed utility and simplicity.
Learning Landscapes Description
Maps, timelines, historical murals, a sensory garden, and a unique community landscape are called for in this plan in an effort to link community to the school.
Stedman Elementary School
Construction Date
June 2007
Landscape Architect
Intrinsic Designs
Play Equipment Vendor
Play World Systems
Master Plan
Vision
The overall vision for redevelopment of Stedman Elementary School Playground is to implement and enhance outdoor learning experiences focused around elements of community relationship, its historical background and the way in which it can be looked upon as a learning experience.
Goals
- To strengthen the idea of connecting the context with the school activities, the idea of outdoor learning can be included.
- Maps may be inscribed in various areas.
- Timelines may be incorporated into pathways and nodes.
- Community landscape (to have a level difference in the landscape on the schools front entrance area) and a Sensory landscape may be used to enhance ties to the surrounding neighborhood.
- To create gathering spaces and an outdoor classroom experience, an Amphitheatre would allow for directed learning and play
Design Development
Description
Maps, timelines, historical murals, a sensory garden, and a unique community landscape are called for in this plan in an effort to link community to the school.
Illustrative Drawing
Design Development Drawings
Presentation Boards
Collage
Construction Documentation
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure