Roofline of building with exposed trusses in front of red walls and large windows. Campus courtyard with circular concrete walkway, and building with expansive white and brown roof behind. Campus courtyard with circular concrete walkway, and building with expansive white and brown roof behind. Section of building and overhand over seating area. Spiral columns hold up large sectioned roof. Campus building during reroof, with tarps covering vast sections of roof. Area under the roof peak that is open to the sky, with a grate-like window looking down at campus. Reroof during construction, with large white tarp pulled over exposed sections. Areas of building highlighting reroof needs, with broken shingles. Side of campus building, with red and white walls and exposed brown wooden trusses.

Riviera Elementary School

The wells and wooden elements of the school’s roof design made it open and interesting–but also very leaky. In addition to adding several classrooms, Persinger Architects redesigned the roof’s structural system in an extensive renovation of the exterior weatherproofing assembly.