Location: North Island Coronado, CA

Completed: 2011

Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, Inc. (RNT) and Balfour Beatty were the Design-Build team for two child development centers located on Coronado. The Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island facility is adjacent to the main entry gate at the NAS North Island. This 16,900 SF addition to the existing child development center enables the operations to function as one large facility, offering day care and food service to 286 children total, ages six months to five years old. The addition includes administration areas, a kitchen, and 12 Child Activity Rooms that have direct access to secured, age-specific outdoor play areas. The Naval Amphibious Base Child Development Center is a state-of-the-art, user-friendly facility designed to maximize daylight and natural ventilation to reduce the facility’s energy needs. The project utilizes sustainable design strategies and materials to create a comfortable, nurturing, safe and user friendly environment for infants, toddlers as well as for staff personnel. Both facilities are LEED Gold Certified.