Campus Buildings Provide a Colorful Oasis with Courtyard Seating and Landscaping

The issue of security—a primary concern—conflicts with the desire to create an open and welcoming environment. The solution was to conceive an education complex as “double-sided.”

The campus is designed to provide a protected, softer learning oasis for students amidst a densely populated urban sprawl, and to create an environment that supports personalized learning.

The exterior of the facility is a tough shell, with layers that envelop and protect the interior campus. Smaller scaled elements are loosely arranged around a landscaped arroyo that carves through the interior and organizes the various levels and informal circulation paths. The large, multi-storied academic building required a minimal footprint, maximizing open space for play fields and a quad for social interaction. Small learning communities accommodate a variety of instructional delivery methods.

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