Jacksonville Country Day School New Multipurpose Building
Jacksonville, Florida  Client: Jacksonville Country Day School RS&H Role/Responsibility: Architect, Engineer, and Interior Designer |
 Project Description: The integration of daylighting guided RS&H’s design for a gymnasium/multipurpose building on the campus of Jacksonville Country Day School. The design goals are to reduce energy use and improve the interior environment for building occupants, as circadian rhythms are set by the sun and studies of human response to sunlight confirm its importance to well-being. The 'butterfly' roof design facilitates daylighting by shading the windows from direct sunlight and admitting round-reflected light though a continuous clerestory. The roof structure is also sized to accommodate future solar panels to supply domestic hot water to the gym and the swimming pool. Other facility elements include:
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