CLIENT: Flora Arca Mata Elementary Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton, CA
PRODUCT: 60 Solatube SolaMaster 750 DS units
ARCHITECT: Teter Architects and Engineers
BACKGROUND: Strict design constraints can sometimes be a real challenge. But in the case of Flora Arca Mata Elementary School in Stockton, CA, they resulted in a beautiful and non-traditional new 46,752 SF fully customized modular school.
CHALLENGE: After a survey showed the immediate need for a new school was essential to serve the growing enrollment, Stockton USD was pushed to think fast and creatively to design and build a new K-8 school within two years. Faced with a tight budget and even tighter timeline, the school district needed an innovative solution and flexible design that could adapt and accommodate future needs while prioritizing health, productivity and performance.
SOLUTION: To properly daylight the campus and meetdesign goals, the design team utilized the SolatubeSolaMaster Series 750 DS - perfectly illuminating eachclassroom with broad spectrum daylight, alleviating thenatural light loss from having small windows. SolatubeDaylight Dimmers were also fitted to each Solatube systemallowing teachers and staff to adjust room daylight levelssimply and easily.
