Glenwood Preschool Academy

Glenwood Preschool Academy LLC (2015)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.
Early Childhood, Education

Glenwood Preschool Academy is currently an Early Childhood department. It is behind the former Cynthia Weir Elementary School, and is currently in the renovated addition of what used to be part of the Elementary School. My aspire would be to demolish the elementary school and build a facility for the preschool academy. The facility has no less than 8 classrooms, a cafeteria, offices for any use, a multipurpose room, and of course a playground etc. I didn't bother to touch the renovated addition that the school is currently in, because there was no reason to. If this were a real project, the preschool could stay in the current building until the new building would be done, and/or if the new building is done, the current addition building could still be useful.
I also rearranged the parking lot, and fenced it off, so the preschool academy and the gas convenience store would be separated.
The preschool academy does have a small resemblance to Northwood's Academy in North Midtown, except Glenwood not under the Board of Education. However, both early childhood centers are constructed, and both which has lots that used to belong to elementary schools, in a way that the campus should be small and colorful. 
  

The Maxwell render is the picture above, and the two pictures below are the Thea renders. The second picture, you can see the playground. Note: I did not design the slide-set nor the swings, they are just components I recolored. My purpose of this was to show the playground in general.
Also in the main building, there are long stretch elevated windows. Internally, the walls to those windows do not reach the ceiling, except the ones that surround the restrooms. If you look at the playground image you'll see the high windows in the main building on the left side. The below picture on the top is the main building from the front. I designed the text in color, so the text may grab attention.

 

Another 360 degree video of the sides. It should be very clear how the school looks. So If someone wanted to re-design this, they could just use this video to help them.

This is the directory plan to Glenwood Preschool, and like I mentioned in the main building, the walls where the elevated windows are, do not go to the ceiling, but stop where the windows are, which is around 3.5 meters, or 11.5 feet. There is also a stage in the cafeteria. The floor rises up as you walk onto the stage from the side, as it shows on the plans. The restroom plans may vary.

For any child who wants experience here like I did at early childhood development, I would hope this facility would make one remember that this is where they started.  

Baconsfield Danforth

Baconsfield Danforth (2015)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.
Mixed-Use, Residential, Office

Baconsfield Danforth is a five-story mixed use plaza. The first floor holds offices and commercial tenant space, while the top four floors hold Studio/One-Bedroom Apartments, and also the top two has a conference suite each. About the title, Baconsfield is the neighborhood where the building is located, and Danforth comes from Metta Danforth, after the formal school in East Macon. If this building were to exist, the current plaza strip would be demolished, and this apartment would take its place. The plaza has a pool, possible game room, fitness center, laundry room for convenience, and also other accessories. There is also a fireplace in the lobby, and there is a courtyard where the pool is located.
 

This is a view from I-16. If you were driving either bound, you'd see this side of the building (in the picture above this paragraph). I wanted to use this sketchy image as sort of a drawing style.

This is a birds eye view facing Southeast. You can see the parking deck, and also Interstate-16. The building doesn't take much space because the community itself isn't that large. It would also look much simple if the mixed-use plaza is just one building.

 

 

Once again, I decided to do the 360 degree view on each side via video. This should be easier to tell that this is a 3-D model. 



This picture above is a room-directory map of the building. It shows the story-levels, and also accessories that the building contains. I have the rooms and suites numbered. I've also showed spaces on the first floor that would be available. As I stated before, This is just a simple building.



 

 

For a while I thought of designing an apartment complex on the lot, especially since it's visible from I-16. I am only doing this a just a random project. Another possible idea.