Little White Schoolhouse

This past semester we had the opportunity to work with the community of Valley, WA to propose design ideas for the adaptive reuse of their original schoolhouse to a local museum. We began the process with an all day workshop, meeting with about twenty community members to discuss the needs and desires of the space. While there were many opinions, this made for a great learning experience. Our design needed to please many people, rather than one or two clientele. For our design our focus was to phase out the project. There were so many great ideas that would be hard to implement immediately due to time or budget. The first phase addresses a quick installation and minimal budget. The second phase focuses more on ideas that can be installed individually as the budget allows. This phase also address the need for a community gathering space. Through our design we allow the opportunity for the Little White Schoolhouse to expand and grow as the community needs change.