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Solatube International

Vista, CA

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Target retail location—converted into a bright, welcoming education facility.
Target retail location—converted into a bright, welcoming education facility.
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Retrofitting An Old Target Store into a New School Campus

Client:
Lincoln School
Independent School District 544
Target retail location—converted into a bright, welcoming education facility

Challenge:
How to bring daylight into a nearly windowless building

Results:
By using top-down daylighting, the district was able to make this big box facility highly functional and full of daylight

Product:
(18) Solatube SolaMaster Series 300DS-C units
(31) Solatube SolaMaster Series 750DS-C units

Solatube Distributor/Installer:
Daylight Specialists

Architect:
Scott DeMartelaere, AIA
Design Intent Architects

 
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Status: Built
Location: Fergus Falls, MN, US
Firm Role: Daylighting Retrofit Design

 
Classroom with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo
Classroom with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo
School front offices with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo.
School front offices with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo.
Classroom with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo
Classroom with Solatube Daylighting Systems. No artificial lights are on in this photo