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Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS, TEXAS K
ATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IS A RESULT of the community's desire for a program that would help close the achieve- ment gap and improve college success across the community. The architec- ture emulates the collegiate experience to introduce students to the culture
and rigors of higher education. This early college high school is specifically tailored to prepare primarily first-
generation college students for academic success in college and beyond. The commons acts as a plaza between collegiate buildings, containing a variety of
spaces that support individual and collaborative learning. s4HEUNDULATINGMETALCEILINGSTRATEGICALLYDEmECTSSOUND WHILERUBBERmOORINGBELOW masks incidental noises; the visual continuity of these two planes unifies the spaces between them.
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