Pace Academy
Atlanta, Ga
The Pace Academy, located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, is one of the area’s most prestigious private schools. Breedlove Land Planning was brought into this design team to provide site design services and help solve of the unique site challenges presented by the Lower School expansion.
The expansion was difficult due to an extreme grade change from the existing building down to the playground area. To break this transition, Breedlove Land Planning designed a number of small gathering places adjacent to the structure including an outdoor classroom made of porous concrete pavers.
To ensure that the expansion would not inhibit future growth, a stormwater management treatment facility was designed integral to the building in a lower uninhabited crawl space. The tight footprint of this facility optimizes The Pace Academy’s future land-use potential while meeting and exceeding stormwater regulations.