Bridging the Gap: Addressing Equity with Distance Learning
Mark Quattrocchi, FAIA

Lately, I’m reminded of Columbian author Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, Love in the Time of Cholera, where protagonists Fermina and Florentino are left forever adrift on the Magdalena River, confined to a ship bearing the Cholera flag. Similarly, COVID-19 ha...

Principal Mark Quattrocchi offered his insights to leading industry outlet School Construction News, joining voices with esteemed architects from across the nation to weigh in on the evolution of education design and the biggest influences on today's design trends. In the Architect Roundtable, Mark shares his thoughts on topics from green design to campus safety and Career Technical Education spaces, as well as the importance of district-specific communications planning throughout the design process. We love hearing Mark's perspective on all things K-12 design!

In his most recent article for School Construction News, Principal Mark Quattrocchi takes readers through his process and considerations in designing today's K-12  facility modernization projects, from assessing and addressing district needs and desires to identifying critical facility updates to strategies to improve a classroom's learning environment.

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Mark Quattrocchi was among the industry-leading education designers asked to share their expertise and wisdom for School Construction News’ recent March/April issue. In the “Architect Roundtable” Quattrocchi highlights the rising importance of strategic safety considerations, environments that can be adapted to individual learning styles and QKA’s unique involvement with historic school restoration projects.

QKA Principal Mark Quattrocchi offers his insight and experience on pre-engineered classroom buildings: the history, efficiency and flexibility of prefabricated elements that maintain the high-performance design of traditionally constructed classrooms. The School Construction News article also provides a case study of QKA’s own prefabricated building solution, Folia.

QKA Principal Mark Quattrocchi was recently interviewed by School Planning & Management, offering his guidance and expertise on how to incorporate a school's outdoor elements to create a cohesive look and feel for a campus. With a little advance planning, the space and all the things like picnic tables and playground equipment between the buildings, do not have to be an afterthought.

QKA Principal Mark Quattrocchi offers his tips for increasing energy savings and making learning environments more comfortable and effective by implementing readily available energy-saving measures in school design. Read the fu...

The Value of Cost Estimating, published in School Construction News