Happy Faces Academy

Building Size

6,342 s.f.
94 Students
Infants – 5 Years Old

Building Program

7 Classrooms
Commercial Kitchen
Administrative Offices
Indoor Play

Site Program

19 Parking Spaces
1 Bus Parking Space
2 Playgrounds
Trash Enclosure

Narrow Sloping Lot

This building design has been created to maximize a narrow and steeply sloping lot. Local zoning code requires that the building front be within 30′ from the main street. As a result, a street front design was created for curb appeal. As you enter into the site, you drive along the side of the building to the rear side of the building to access the main childcare entrance.

Extensive amounts of retaining walls have been designed to raise the building slab elevation and enable the rear entrance to serve as the main handicap accessible entrance. Retaining walls are also used extensively to level the rear playground to capture as much usable space for play as possible.

Services Provided On This Project

Building Program
Concept Building Plan
Building Design
Zoning Documentation
Construction Drawings
Interior Design
Permit Submittals
Structural Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Plumbing Engineering

Rebecca Calbert

Prior to founding Calbert Design Group, Rebecca designed buildings for well-known clients including AMLI Residential, Bonita Bay Group, Emory University, Georgia Board of Regents, Lincoln Property Company, Medical College of Georgia, Pulte Group, Raving Brands, and more. Rebecca’s career in architecture has spanned education, mixed-use, commercial, retail, multi-family housing, and science lab building types while working at various Award-Winning Architectural firms in the Metro Atlanta area. She now combines 30 years of design and construction experience with her passion for children’s built environments and her dedication to guiding clients through the real estate development process. Blending functional requirements and style aesthetics to complement and support the design needs of children and their families is only the beginning. Rebecca’s approach to child-centric design juggles the many priorities of building owner/operators with building cost, construction feasibility, and child safety.

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