- Project Facts
- Client: Wolf School
- Program: Gymnasium, Multi-Purpose Alcove, Classrooms & Offices
- Completed: 2006
- Project Team: Randall Imai, Jon Keller, Cindy Munch
The Wolf School was founded by parents for children with multiple learning disabilities. Imai Keller Moore Architects first designed modest renovations to their building, a previously vacant public school, and subsequently designed a separate gymnasium with a new entrance vestibule linking the gym and original classroom building. A future classroom addition is planned for Phase 3. The gymnasium design needed to accommodate the special needs of the Wolf School students, such as sensitivity to noise. IKM designed attractive, durable, low maintenance walls of wood panels and wood slats over acoustic board that dampen noise and are resistant to impact. The gymnasium features an innovative and economical roof system that utilizes residential type wood roof trusses. An alcove at one end of the gym can be used as a performance stage or, when the sliding partitions are closed, as a separate activity room, a music room, or a meeting room.
