Massillon West Elementary

LOCATION: Massillon, OH

CLIENT: Massillon City School

Behnke Landscape Architecture collaborated with Architectural Vision Group (AVG) to develop a site plan for the new Massillon West Elementary, a new LEED-Silver goal school facility.

Since the new school is located immediately behind the existing Massillon Intermediate school and adjacent to the middle school football stadium, the site design aimed to compliment the overall campus. Site circulation was intentionally planned to minimize vehicular conflicts between the elementary school and intermediate school. Bus and car drop-offs were separated to minimize issues with vehicular stacking.

Lastly, the designed playgrounds were aimed at providing challenges for students with a variety of motor abilities through both play structures and painted games.