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![An entry podium provides seating during pick-up and drop-off.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be1d3d_a1ddbffcd74f4901acb3a3d5ab21f223~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/be1d3d_a1ddbffcd74f4901acb3a3d5ab21f223~mv2.jpg)
An entry podium provides seating during pick-up and drop-off.
![The amphitheatre stairs double as seating.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be1d3d_c5c5f27bf2bb494b8ae1bd5d024190a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/be1d3d_c5c5f27bf2bb494b8ae1bd5d024190a1~mv2.jpg)
The amphitheatre stairs double as seating.
![A story circle for smaller, quieter gatherings.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be1d3d_22657a920dbd448e931e248368f9979d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/be1d3d_22657a920dbd448e931e248368f9979d~mv2.jpg)
A story circle for smaller, quieter gatherings.
![An entry podium provides seating during pick-up and drop-off.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be1d3d_a1ddbffcd74f4901acb3a3d5ab21f223~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/be1d3d_a1ddbffcd74f4901acb3a3d5ab21f223~mv2.jpg)
An entry podium provides seating during pick-up and drop-off.
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LAURA SECORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Vancouver, BC
with Jonathan Losee Ltd.
Laura Secord Elementary boasts something unexpected for a school with very limited field space: outsized achievements in track and field. So with the goal of creating more usable play space on a very small site and with a limited PAC budget, we took inspiration from this and ran with it. The simple act of adding waves and slight undulations to the track transformed it to double as a play feature. A small concrete amphitheatre doubles as a warm-up and training zone. Today, on a site that previously saw kids only using a fraction of the space, kids spread all across the schoolyard enjoying creative—and highly active— play.
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