Queen of Angels & Holy Redeemer Elementary & Middle Schools
PROJECT SITE
Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary and Middle School & Holy Redeemer Catholic Elementary and Middle School
Roswell, Georgia
POSITION
Project Architect / Interior Designer / Contract Administrator
FIRM
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc.
PROJECT STATISTICS
Site = 100 Acre Campus
Area = 70,000 SF
Student Capacity = 500
PRESS
•https://www.qaschool.org/
•https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2009/01/queen-angels-celebrates-decade/
•https://www.ajc.com/news/local/georgia-catholic-schools-are-hoping-expand/TO3fN3tilsIxsMsEyH7dRK/
PHOTOS
DESCRIPTION
Full master planning and architectural services for a new elementary and middle school for the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. The 70,000 SF school is located in Roswell, Georgia. The development will also include an associated Catholic Church, high school, and athletic fields.
The building exterior features a red brick base and a pattern of red and tan brick above. The students enter through a covered canopy entrance into the administration suite housing among others, the principal’s office and teachers’ lounge. Also included are classrooms for art, music, computers, and a resource center. The basic classrooms are divided into three separate grade levels, each with its own “family center”. The family centers serve a total of six classrooms each and offer space for interaction between children, teachers, and parents. Other spaces include a gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen, health clinic, and media center. A platform for school productions opens to both the gymnasium and cafeteria. An outdoor playground is located in proximity to the kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms.
The design of the Queen of Angels facility served as a prototype for another Archdiocesan educational facility, the Holy Redeemer Elementary & Middle School in Fulton County. The design for Holy Redeemer was master planned on a restricted site of approximately 18.6 acres with challenging topography and yet still allows for possible future development for a church on the site.