Connecting People + Places

McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy

Christ Presbyterian Academy

This private school’s newly completed Soli Deo Center created an opportunity for the school to take a fresh look at its campus, rename its buildings and apply a strategic, intentional wayfinding system. The new state-of-the-art welcome center houses all administrative offices for the academy, a complete theater and black box theater, a sweet shop, and a grand lobby available for community gatherings.

Challenge

Like a lot of private schools, Christ Presbyterian Academy has grown and expanded its footprint bit by bit over many years, resulting in a string of poorly identified buildings and challenging wayfinding for students, staff, and visitors.

Solution

By establishing a clear hierarchy of destinations, we helped position the new Soli Deo Center as the “front door” for the campus. We re-imagined the existing buildings as a working system instead of a collection of singular structures. We created new vehicular and pedestrian wayfinding systems according to this hierarchy, clearly marking desinations and taking care to maintain CPA’s visual brand. The result: a campus that students and visitors want to explore.

McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy

We helped our client transform a growing cluster of buildings into a cohesive, strategic campus system built for education.

McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
McCoy Design Christ Presbyterian Academy
Client

Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC

Location

Nashville, Tennessee

Photographer

Sterling E. Stevens