Apex Friendship Elementary School
Apex, NC
The new 129,790 SF, three-level elementary school is equipped with a media center, gymnasium and auditorium, spacious lunchroom, music room, flex learning spaces, multiple playgrounds, and outdoor gathering areas for students. The design concept focuses on flexibility and features two distinct buildings: a single-story building containing the core functions and a Pre-K/ Kindergarten wing. The core is divided into four quadrants organized around a clerestory lit commons. This serves as a lobby for the administration, cafeteria, and multi-purpose Room. First through fifth-grade classrooms are housed in a separate three-story building. Specialized classrooms and learning commons are equally distributed throughout both buildings. The school serves a population of 800 students. On-site and off-site construction consisted of grading, storm drainage, utilities, site improvements, paving, landscaping, retaining walls, and fencing.
