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The main entrance with playroom (or main hall) beyond
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The individual classrooms radiate from the centre in a pinwheel formation
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The neighbourhood school is adjacent to a public park and sits opposite single-family houses
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The clerestorey windows above each classroom have been filled in.
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The series of hipped-roof classrooms create the sense of a village cluster
GALLERY ENTRY
Bellmere Public School
470 Brimorton Drive, Toronto, ON.
CONSTRUCTED 1965
“Repetitive unit classrooms with roofs group around the main hall – the multipurpose gymnasium. Domestic in scale, the building provides a comfortable sympathetic environment for young inhabitants. It is a community building that blends visually and socially with its setting. Its potential for growth has been realized, as two additions employing the unit modules have satisfactorily extended the building without increasing its visual scale or detracting from its function. Bellmere School is an unpretentious solution to the needs of small children and unpredictable demands of educational programs.”
-Jennifer Taylor, Architecture: A Performing Art
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