Denver Public Schools Responsive Arts & STEAM Academy (RASA)

Project Location
Denver, CO

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DLR Group

Market
K-12 Education

Services
General Contracting

Region
Central

·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ Office Location
Denver, Colorado

Keywords
Education, Mass Timber

·¬ÇÑÓ°ÊÓ provided general contracting services for the construction of a new two-story pre-kindergarten through fifth grade school, and once opened for the community, immediately started building an attached addition for a middle school wing.

The project pushes the envelope in terms of sustainability, as it is the first all-electric school for the district and one of the first all-electric school in Colorado using mass timber construction.

The new elementary school houses classrooms, inquiry zones, a full-service kitchen, a theatrical stage, art rooms, teacher collaboration spaces, and a gymnasium. The building structure uses a combination of a pre-cast concrete exterior, structural steel framing, and mass-timber in the commons and gymnasium. The campus is designed to accommodate future expansions for additional student capacity. Sitework includes new playfields, playgrounds, a parking lot, hardscaping, and landscaping.