Learning Environments
Douglas Park Elementary School
Regina Public Schools
Transforming Education, Inspiring Innovation
Douglas Park Elementary School forges Regina’s academic landscape to the pace of a new generation of students. Number TEN collaborated with Fielding Nair International to bring to life Regina Public Schools’ Structural Innovation Framework.
The LEED®-Gold certified school serves as a model for environmental responsibility. Students and visitors can witness its energy saving features via a touch screen display, as well as through cut-away views of the radiant heating and cooling systems, high efficiency boilers, and heat exchanger at work. A solar wall stands at the south facing facade of the gymnasium to pre-heat the fresh air supply needed in the mechanical system.
A vast departure from the original building that once stood on the same site, the new K-8 school features flexible learning environments that allow for greater teacher collaboration, strong interdisciplinary study, and inquiry-based pedagogy. This school is designed for 21st century learning, and is organized into three separate but interconnected personal learning communities — groupings of students by grade level — that flow into a central learning commons that serves as the heart of the school.
Sunlight pours through the school’s perimeter glazing and lingers at the vast south window. Large overhead doors open and close to allow flexibility and multiple classroom configurations. Radiant in-floor heating creates a welcoming environment and improves energy efficiency. Warm materials and green coloured glass showcase the natural setting that inspired the design.