2005 Leroy F. Greene Design Award Winner Profiles
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Project-In-Design Award of Merit Lincoln School Restoration Lodi Unified School District Stafford King Wiese Architects
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Lincoln School was originally built and opened in 1916 in the central valley town of Lodi , California where the building served the community until the 1960's. Changes in seismic codes rendered the building obsolete and after some non-instructional uses, it sat empty and deteriorating. The local community, recognizing the need for the facility, formed the Lincoln School Neighborhood Center Foundation and worked with the District to rally around the building. |
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The District will meet educational program objectives by establishing the Tech Academy School and through coordinated curriculum with the adjacent Adult School . The Tech Adcademy School will be made up of two academies. The Information Academy will focus on vocational technology. The Health Services Academy will offer vocational certifications that will lead to immediate employment or continuing education requirements in many medical, dental and health-related fields. The Lincoln School Restoration project preserves the building's original brick facades, placing a new structural system behind them and recreating the multi-purpose room for school and community use. Up-to-date energy, lighting and technology systems will transform the new spaces, almost ninety years after the first brick was laid, extending its history as an important feature of the community. | |
Jurors liked the way the project responded to the community outcry to save one of their community assets. One juror said, “This is unique in that it takes a cultural artifact from the community and realizes that education is life-long and restores this important structure for that purpose.” |
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