This 147,000 square foot former District of Columbia public school building was renovated to serve more than 1,000 pre-K-12th grade KIPP DC students. The original building was constructed in 1950 as a segregated public school. The renovation needed to meet the needs of a modern facility but retain the essence of Fredrick Douglass Middle School as a community landmark and historic structure.

Because the school houses a wide age range of students, from three to eighteen years old , it is important that the single building operate as a campus, with multiple entrances and different circulation routes for the different age students. A separate pre-school entrance and vehicular drop-off at is provided at the west end of the building with a new open glass main lobby entrance for visitors and guests at the center of the elevation. The elementary and middle school entrances are defined by adding a vertical opening of glass at the stair entries.

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