LEWIS C. CASSIDY ACADEMIC PLUS SCHOOL
Acoustics
to engage
Successful
Learning
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is dedicated to delivering equitable, high-quality education in modern, supportive learning environments. Serving over 200,000 students citywide, the district continues to upgrade its facilities to meet the evolving needs of students, teachers, and families—recognizing that effective learning depends not only on technology and design, but also on well-managed acoustics.
The original Lewis C. Cassidy Elementary School, a century-old structure in West Philadelphia’s Overbrook neighborhood, presented significant challenges.
Outdated classrooms, limited technological infrastructure, and inadequate building systems hindered the school’s ability to provide a next-generation learning experience. To better serve the community, SDP set out to replace the aging building with a forward-thinking facility designed for academic excellence, sustainability, and neighborhood engagement.
Partnering with SDP, EwingCole designed the new Lewis C. Cassidy Academic Plus School, an 83,000-square-foot K–8 facility serving 570 students. Central to its success is the integration of acoustic performance. Through acoustic textured wall panels and acoustic ceiling baffle systems, the school effectively controls sound to enhance speech clarity, focus, and comfort. The result is a fully realized environment where both the design and the educational experience are complete.
Design is an iterative and interactive process
that works best when ideas are measured,
discussed, and challenged.
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“EwingCole is a nationally-recognized, award-winning architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning firm with over 60 years of design experience and more than 400 professionals nation-wide. We explore and design inventive solutions to complex projects that better our clients’ everyday lives, community, and world.
Our process is rigorous, creative, and interactive. We incorporate research and the latest design technologies to bridge our clients’ thoughts and aspirations. We believe that the most critical element in this creative process is establishing an open line of communication with our clients. For us, this is the beginning of our design process. Our clients’ knowledge of their needs and our understanding of their building typologies provide the foundation for visionary solutions.”
To provide real-time thinking and solutions, our collaborative process allows multiple disciplines to contribute to the entire process. This allows each discipline to contribute in a manner that elevates each other’s contributions.
“Our collective journey requires asking
the right questions
and searching for the right responses.”
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SCALPELLO 3D WALL PANELS
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