School Description
Located at 6700 E. Virginia Avenue, Edwina Fallis Elementary School, the home of the Falcons, strives to empower all students to succeed in a changing world. One of 85 elementary schools in the Denver Public School System, Fallis offers ECE through 5th grade classrooms, with a current enrolment of 346 students. Appropriately, Fallis Elementary School was named for a devoted, unselfish, self-sacrificing educator, Edwina Fallis. The school was opened in the Washington-Virginia Vale neighborhood in 1960, and an addition was added to the north end of the building in 1992, providing five muchneeded classrooms. The school has programs and awards consisting of Transitional Native Language Instruction program; Title I services, Title VI services, School-wide Mimosa Math Program, Challenge, Technology Lab, Library Media Center, Performing arts, music, physical education, and dance.
Learning Landscapes Description
Using nodes and trails to link elements, this master plan encourages activity, ownership, education, and exploration.
Denver Green School (Formerly Fallis Elementary)
Construction Date
2005
Landscape Architect
GPD Land Design
Play Equipment Vendor
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company
Master Plan
Vision
Redesign of the playground will create a multi-culturally influenced campus that empowers all Fallis students to succeed in our changing world and will become a unifying element for the community.
Goals
- Education, Exercise, Enjoyment -Spaces with the dual uses of education and fun
- Link between Fallis and Community – dual use space for school and community events
- Community/School Ownership and Pride – Reoccurring theme to create sense of identity
Design Development
Description
Using nodes and trails to link elements, this master plan encourages activity, ownership, education, and exploration.
Illustrative Drawing
Design Development Drawings
Presentation Boards
Construction Documentation
Description from Architect
Fallis Elementary school was designed as a learning landscape, a design concept that incorporates participatory learning elements with recreational play. The design focused on the idea of nuerons and the inter-conection of parts of a system. The site also functions as a park for the surrounding neighborhood. This neighborhood is in transition from older people without children to younger people with young children. The hopes of the school are that this new playground will entice new families to become engaged with the school and send their kids here. The project scope included design development through project closeout
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure
GPD Land Design Project Description