Architect Mike Richley unveils near-final schematic designs for Yellow Springs Exempted Village schools

Mike Richley, principal of Richley Architects, presented near-final schematic designs and a 3D model for the Yellow Springs Exempted Village school campus during the board’s April 24 meeting, saying the schematic phase will wrap up next Tuesday and construction-cost estimating will begin thereafter.

“We’re getting close to the finished, schematic design phase, which will wrap up next Tuesday,” Richley said, and added the construction manager will need “two to three weeks” to complete initial estimates. He said the team will distribute printed and PDF sets to the board and the construction manager and then begin reconciling scope and budget.

The presentation covered site plans and floor plans for Mills Lawn and the middle- and high-school wings, a new 3D model that showed a recurring equilateral-triangle motif, and multiple programmatic changes. Richley described a civil-engineering revision so full semis can enter and turn on site to serve the food-service area; that turning radius required reducing a landscape island and relocating four parking spaces to the front lot.

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