Bonny Slope Elementary
Oregon Elementary School Offers Students Opportunity & Space Stability
Dedicated to excellence by empowering students with skills and attitudes to be lifelong learners and global thinkers, Bonny Slope Elementary is in a class of its own. The school’s self-proclaimed model of acting as a “culturally sensitive institution” helps them “take action to create a better, more peaceful world.” With a mission as powerful as that, the school needed a facility that would not only provide a welcoming atmosphere for students on a day-to-day basis, but also serve as a beacon in the community for inclusion and acceptance.
Bonny Slope Elementary was the 32nd elementary school built in the Beaverton School District, located in Oregon. The project, finished in 2008, was initially agreed upon because of the need for additional buildings to accommodate the growing school district as well as to create an educational facility that would last for close to a century.
The hope for the building is that it will remain in use for at least 75 years without any major repair needs, so the construction materials were carefully selected during the beginning phases. The following CENTRIA materials were chosen because of their long-lasting durability and strength:
- Concept Series Concealed Fasteners (CS-620)
- Profile Series Exposed Fastener Panels (Style-Rib)
The building features three different architectural coating colors on the exterior metal panels, all provided by Sherwin-Williams. The project’s MCM panels were coated in Sherwin-Williams Fluropon® in the traditional Sandstone color, but the two architectural coating accent shades were custom colors decided upon through a joint effort by architects from Dull Olson Weekes, the general contractor, Skanska, and owners of the building. CENTRIA’s single-skin panels were implemented in custom “Tomatillo” red and “Frosty Region” gray hues from Sherwin-Williams, providing dynamic exterior and interior facades. Sherwin-Williams color scientists have a palette of more than 20,000 choices — and the ability to create unique colors to match any project’s exact specifications. Advanced color-matching technology helps Sherwin-Williams color experts and lab technicians land on the perfect shade for a project quickly, which provided Bonny Slope with the ability to have their unique “tomatillo” red and “frosty region” gray colors featured on the new structure.
Project Credits:
- Architect: Dull Olson Weekes Architects; Portland, OR
- General contractor: Skanska; New York, NY
- Metal panel manufacturer: CENTRIA; Moon Township, PA
- Coatings provider: Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings
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