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Child
Care Center Plans to Double in Size
by Courtney Iseman
April 9, 2010
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New City NY -
Michael Shilale Architects, LLP (MSA) is proud to have
begun the design process for the West Street Child
Care Center in Spring Valley, NY. MSA will assert
its experience and expertise in education and child
care design to expanding and renovating this
important center. Diane Rivera, the Executive
Director of the center, states, "West Street Child
Care Learning Center Inc. is very excited about our
new expansion and renovation. We love the
design and the work that has been done by MSA.
We can happily envision the children learning and
growing in this beautiful new space."
The main goal of the renovation and expansion is to
increase the center’s capacity to at least 250
children, which would be double the center’s current
capacity. There are also plans to add larger
classrooms and create an interior multi-purpose room
that can serve as a gross motor space, an enlarged
kitchen and storage room, a single entry point that
would provide access from both the east and west
streets and elevator access to all levels of the
building.
Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED has attended the
Institute for Child Care Design at Harvard
University, where he studied child care facilities
throughout the world as well as methods for creating
spaces ideal for child growth and learning. This
expertise prepared MSA for its child care center
projects, most recently including the West Street
center.
The increased space and additional classrooms will
allow more of the community’s children to learn and
be cared for in a bright, stimulating, safe
environment. MSA’s design scheme will also provide
the center with a more convenient and accessible
layout: the existing building was constructed in two
stages with each floor having two separate levels.
The new design will provide for a carefully placed
elevator with opposite side doors to promote access
to all levels. For further convenience, there will
be the entrance that is accessible from the east
street and the west street that the center is on.
MSA is pleased to be working with the dedicated
staff at West Street, and all look forward to the
beneficial results of the expansion and renovation
Michael Shilale AIA, LEED, along with his partner
John Cirilli AIA and staff, have designed diverse
residential and commercial spaces, including
apartment houses, retail centers, school facilities,
private residences, health care and industrial
facilities in New York and New Jersey. They
specialize in green design and complex projects
requiring high functionality, smart space usage and
aesthetically sensitive environments. For more
information visit www.shilale.com or call
845-708-9200
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