School Description
Goldrick Elementary is located in southwest Denver at 1050 South Zuni Street and serves the neighborhoods of Athmar Park and Westwood. Goldrick Elementary serves approximately 700 students from ECE through fifth grade. The Elementary school has maximized its capacity. Regardless of student body numbers, Goldrick has set out to enhance student achievement with a key focus on standards-based literacy and math skills.
Learning Landscapes Description
Poor drainage and erosion problems were addressed in this plan with an English picturesque design approach that highlights follies, natural features, views, and irregular shapes or serpentine patterns to create a “what’s around the corner” feeling.
Goldrick Elementary School
Construction Date
2004
Landscape Architect
GPD Land Design
Play Equipment Vendor
Play World Systems
Master Plan
Vision
Promote school and community pride by encouraging self discovery through interactive and experimental connection to the outside world.
Goals
- To create a landmark that satisfies the Athmar Park neighborhood’s desires and in doing so instill community pride and citywide belonging.
- To create places that foster imagination and creativity for all.
- To provide opportunities for social, mental, and physical interaction.
Design Development
Description
Poor drainage and erosion problems were addressed in this plan with an English picturesque design approach that highlights follies, natural features, views, and irregular shapes or serpentine patterns to create a “what’s around the corner” feeling.
Illustrative Drawing
Design Development Drawings
Presentation Boards
Collage
Construction Documentation
Description from Architect
The campus at Goldrick Elementary school, a learning landscape, incorporates the larger concept that systems are comprised of interconnected parts, such as cogs within machinery, letters within words, and stars and planets within the solar system. As part of the learning landscape design paradigm, the school grounds also function as a neighborhood park, complete with shade structure, seating, and grass play fields. The project scope included design development through project closeout. Concrete art by artist Rik Sargent expresses the planets of the solar system.
Illustrative Plan
Construction Drawings
Play Equipment
Shade Structure
GPD Land Design Project Summary