Oklahoma City Public Schools Gymnasium Safe Rooms

Part of the 2007 Bond Issue for Oklahoma City Public Schools, these projects provided gymnasium spaces at a majority of OKCPS sites throughout the district. They are further designed to function as storm shelters, increasing the number of saferooms in educational facilities.

The program for the gymnasiums include a multi-purpose room, storage room, office, restrooms, and the gymnasium with a minimum clear height of 24 feet below the structure. Most of the sites have never had a gymnasium space, which gave the design team a goal to create something the students could take pride in. The use of school colors at each site was vital in creating a space for the students along with various wall graphics and sound attenuation material to help liven up the space.

 

 

Services

Site planning, architectural design, interior design, construction documents, construction administration

Size

5 locations at 8.000 sf each

Completion

January 2018