Cattell Elementary
Des Moines Public Schools
Neighborhood Rejuvenation

This two-story school was built on the play fields adjacent to the original building and has become a great source of community pride. The design includes a brick masonry exterior with sloping roof lines reminiscent of the original Cattell school. Stone lintels and terra cotta sculptures were preserved and re-installed for further recall of the past.

The facility is heated and cooled with a programmable variable air volume system divided into four main zones and equipped with 100 percent outside air economizer cycles. Other features include a building-wide telephone intercom system, a cable TV distribution system for educational programming and networking, and a low-maintenance computer-controlled emergency backup lighting system.