Located in the Delta Blues capital of Mississippi, the Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School educates students in kindergarten through 6th grade. The project combines the adaptive reuse of an existing building with the new construction of contemporary facilities. It was completed in 2021 by New Orleans–based architecture firm OJT, whose work is focused in the American South and emphasizes research and community development as part of its design process. The charter school is no exception to their method: The firm collected data and carefully considered the existing built, historical, and contextual conditions when finalizing the design.
The new campus, set within a residential neighborhood
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