KIDS ZONE

PORTALES, NM

McClain + Yu completed the design for FCF Churches new Kids Zone. The building includes a 100 student Day Care Facility which is licensed by the NM PED. Design was completed in June 2019 meeting all schedule and budgetary milestones. Project construction is 55% complete. The new church facility utilizes metal building construction including exposed custom steel columns and beams and a high efficiency exterior insulated metal panel system. Inside, the Sanctuary operates with low velocity HVAC while the daycare and administrative areas operate with variable refrigerant flow cassette systems, allowing for flexibility of use and high efficiency.

Security is controlled in the design with access control systems, video surveillance and careful design of entry and exit points. The project includes a number of elements essential to this high-efficiency daycare school and church facility.

• Play areas linked to classrooms

• Plentiful Plumbing fixtures allowing flexibility of age group use

• Shaded courtyard area for church and daycare functions

• Securely zoned areas allowing for simultaneous occupancy of building by church and daycare