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final report

The Spring Creek Elementary School is one of several projects currently taking place within the State College Area School District. The brand new building will be constructed on the property of the existing Houserville Elementary School, which will be demolished once Spring Creek opens in July of 2019. The new school will offer three classrooms for each grade, making it large enough to house students from both  the Houserville and soon-to-be-closed Lemont Elementary schools. With plenty of curtain walls and clerestory windows, the new structure will provide students and teachers with countless bright and airy educational spaces. Some such spaces include an open-concept library, a full-size basketball court, and a cafeteria that doubles as an auditorium.

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PENN STATE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SENIOR THESIS

The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web-based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year-long senior thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between students, faculty advisors, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Penn State Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here.

Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work in progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Miranda Weitzel. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

personal thank you sent

07.09.2018

ae dept thank you sent

07.09.2018

project documentation obtained

07.16.2018

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