Previous Next ABOUT For more than 45 years, VCBO has designed and influenced iconic architecture throughout Utah, the United States and abroad. Our commitment to sustainable design, innovative thinking, and unparalleled client service are hallmarks of the VCBO brand. Meet the Team FEATURED Recently Completed South Kearns Elementary School Replacement Hive 435 Medical Clinic & Research Facility Ogden Second District Juvenile Courthouse In Process DSD Catalyst Center Noorda Engineering Building Paperbox Lofts The Zephyr Distinguished Ben Lomond High School Athletic Center Jacobsen Construction Headquarters Rice-Eccles Stadium South End Zone Expansion Westminster Meldrum Science Center Browse All Projects SALT LAKE CITY OFFICE 524 South 600 East Salt Lake City, UT 84102 801.575.8800 ST. GEORGE OFFICE 20 North Main Street, Suite 103 St. George, UT 84770 435.522.7070

Kearns, Utah project size project completed project contact(s) 85,000 sf 2016 Jeanne Jackson, FAIA, LEED AP Alex Booth, AIA South Kearns Elementary School Replacement South Kearns Elementary School is an educationally innovative school built with a focus on future learning and long-term flexibility, and is designed to be an energy positive facility. There are four learning wings—color-coded groups of classrooms which help to establish an identity for each area of the school. Classrooms are designed with 12-foot wide roll-up glass doors, allowing them to combine with the collaboration space or other classrooms. Flexible furniture will be used to help establish an easily transformable learning environment that can be changed to focus students on the specific learning moment by moment. The dining area is integrated into the circulation, optimizing space, but also providing flexible double height space for integrated learning that can be enhanced by the building, i.e. Barbie Bungee Jump. Large glass doors between the dining area and the multi-purpose room lift up, allowing increased capacity for large assemblies or community events. Security is a major focus, and several layers of protection are utilized to ensure the school is as safe as possible. There is a Community Center, which is separate from the school, that can be used for before and after school functions and help provide important services to the surrounding community. The site itself is innovative in that the playgrounds have shade structures as part of them to help keep them playable year-round. The play fields are not grass, but artificial turf which will allow an increase of heavy play without the normal wear and tear of grass fields. SALT LAKE CITY OFFICE 524 South 600 East Salt Lake City, UT 84102 801.575.8800 ST. GEORGE OFFICE 20 North Main Street, Suite 103 St. George, UT 84770 435.522.7070