The document provides descriptions of 3 interior design projects completed by Arelis Margarita Ferro: 1) Allapattah Flats K-8 School in Port St. Lucie, Florida featuring modular classroom buildings and an interior designed to guide students with bright colors. 2) José Martí Park & Gymnasium in Miami, Florida featuring an elevated building to span a street underneath with an interior inspired by the Cuban flag. 3) Pine Jog Elementary School and Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach, Florida achieving LEED Gold certification with interiors reflecting the local flora and focus on environmental education.

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3. Allapattah Flats K-8 School
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tremely tight schedule. A new prototype was developed
to meet the specific programmatic needs of the St. Lucie
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County School Board. The design delivers a school
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comprised of a series of “protoparts”: modular classroom
buildings, an assembly building and an administra-
tion/media building linked by “connectors” containing
staircases, toilets and other support spaces. A variety
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of connector modules is provided creating classroom
buildings which can respond to varying site conditions
and configurations. The modular classroom buildings are
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designed as “pods” with large shared teaching spaces,
supporting the district’s project-based and interactive
learning pedagogy. The schools are designed with
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interchangeable materials and façades to blend with the
context in which they are located.
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For Allapattah Flats, the exterior colors were chosen
based on the surrounding community. Brighter versions
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of these colors were brought into the interior. Each class-
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The gym displays school spirit in its use of green and
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gold. The custom designed Reading Room, which
shares space with the School Commons, is a prominent
feature and a fun, colorful space for the K-Grade 3
children that use the space. The quotations found on the
exterior walls of the Reading Room also give a sense
of fun while reinforcing the joys of reading. The words
and phrases found both in the School Commons and in
the Media Center present the school motto and other
statements to support this thought. The bespoke circula-
tion desk includes two book drop areas with depressible
carts and a transaction counter.
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Synergistics Lab Classroom

7. José Martí Park & Gymnasium
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The City of Miami wanted a community center and gymnasium facility
as a part of José Martí Park. The project was a challenging addition due
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to the small size of the site, which runs underneath an I-95 overpass.
The site is also bisected by a residential street and contains major utility
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hubs feeding the City of Miami and Dade County. As a unique solution
to the site’s size constraints and urban setting, the building is elevated
to span the street, avoiding the underground communication cables and
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water and sewer lines. This innovative move simultaneously saved the
City money and created prominence for the community center.
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The building itself is forward-looking in the expression of its design and
is reflective of the new image being cultivated by of the City of Miami -
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one of skyscrapers, glass and cosmopolitan living. The facility includes
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a gymnasium, a fitness center, an aerobics facility, locker rooms, admin-
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will provide an additional community meeting place for Miami residents.
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The interior colors are inspired by the flag of Cuba, as the building
is named for the country’s most famous hero and poet. The original
tile pattern in the locker areas is elegant, while the angles in both the
exterior and the interior architecture give modernity to the design. The
custom-designed items, such as the signage and the basketball court
acoustic panels, show an attention to detail.
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11. Pine Jog Elementary School and the
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The School District of Palm Beach County and Florida Atlantic University are
pioneering a new direction for high performance schools in Florida. Their
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respective missions are to inspire and excite Palm Beach County children
and residents in the science and art of restoring the natural landscape and
promoting our role as responsible citizens in safeguarding the planet’s natural
resources. Collectively the partners are integrating the curriculum by combining
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both traditional and built environmental education to provide a comprehensive
program of ecological awareness and stewardship. The entire 150-acre parcel
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serves as an outdoor classroom and the two adjacent facilities share building
systems and design features. Both facilities achieved LEED® Gold certification
under the US Green Building Council’s LEED® for New Construction (NC 2.2),
making Pine Jog Elementary the first LEED® Gold certified school in Florida.
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The design has won other awards, such as the Florida Educational Facilities
Planners Association: 2009 Blue Ribbon Award, Learning By Design Citation of
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Excellence Award, Design Share 2008 Recognized Value Award, and American
School & University: 2009 Gold Citation Educational Interiors Showcase.
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The site’s flora and fauna are reflected in the interior via the colors, graphics,
patterns and images that make up the interior design motif, which includes
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several large photo murals, and animal silhouette icons stenciled on walls
for identity of “houses” within the school. Durable, polished concrete floors in
assembly spaces and hallways all contain recycled fly ash. Classroom hallways
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are central teaching areas with large windows to nature. Building systems are
exposed to further accentuate the connection between natural resource use,
energy and material conservation, and the application of renewable energy
systems. Students, staff and the greater community are able to interact with
building performance information via the internet through “green-screen” energy
monitoring. Visitors to the Environmental Education Center are afforded the
opportunity to tour the school grounds, participate in site stewardship activities
and learn from the interactive displays associated with each of the buildings’
renewable energy systems. Custom signage describes LEED® features
throughout the campus.
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General Reception / Secretary General Reception / Secretary

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