JB Martin Gymnasium Additions and Renovations Are Completed.

The Gymnasium renovations at JB Martin Middle School, in Paradis, Louisiana have been finished.   Devier Design Build substantially completed the building on October 24, 2011, after 9 months of construction.   The construction team overcame challenging and unknown existing conditions to complete the renovations without exceeding the budget. We'd like to congratulate them on completing the project, and wish them well in the future.

From the HMS website:

The renovated gymnasium at JB Martin Middle School was designed to provide enough seating and newly air-conditioned locker room space for the recently enlarged student body, as well as to provide a good first impression to their parents, long a shortcoming of the seemingly dark and cramped existing building. 

HMS used innovative and practical strategies to overcome a tight budget and an inconveniently-arranged existing metal building structure.

Small, careful additions added much needed storage and seating areas to the gym, while integrating with the framing of the existing building.

The low and dark lobby was impractical to physically enlarge, so instead the canopies outside the building were reworked to pull the perceived space of the lobby past the doors into a larger indoor/outdoor entry.

Throughout the building, light colors kept spaces feeling open and clean, while bold stripes of school colors kept the spirit and dynamism of the space present.

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