Hilltop Needmore Elementary School, WCPSS

Client: Wake County Public School System
Architect: Little
Delivery Method: Construction Management at-Risk

A new 136,000 SF elementary school designed to accommodate 56 teaching spaces with a core capacity of 800 students and serve students pre-K through fifth grade. The school nestles into the landscape on the southern portion of the site with the classroom wings aligned along the east-west axis and play fields to the south.

The grade levels are organized into three bars that extend into the landscape, creating learning courtyards adjacent to the classrooms, in addition to outdoor play spaces. The steel-framed building is comprised of traditional cavity wall construction. Exterior veneer materials include brick and ACM panels. Back-up walls are either metal studs with mineral wool and gypsum drywall or CMU at the dining/play area.