Studio Project – Charter School pt.2

  The primary education spaces are grouped by grade level around teaching gardens. These classrooms are then organized so that the circulation forms many different circular paths. This way the circulation becomes part of the play experience, this multi-functionality allows the school to be more open than the small site would typically allow. The linear [...]

Studio Project – Charter School

Project:  Elementary Charter school for 300 students. Location:  Hoover and Adams, Los Angeles CA. Description:  The linear form is derived from the intersection of two local street grids and the typical California school wing design. The wings are split and rotated, drawing one into the site where school and community social functions will be held. [...]

School Garden Revisions

I hope to be matched with a school in the next few weeks and the size of the garden will most likely be 2-4 times the initial 20′ x 20′ square. Unfortunately, schools in the LAUSD have had all their open space paved with asphalt–the worst part being that arsenic was put down before the [...]

School Garden Design for LAUSD and GOOD

A few weeks ago I entered a contest to design a small school garden for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I have been selected as one of the winners. For phase 2 of the project, we will work with Mud Baron, Green Policy Director for LAUSD, to select a Los Angeles school to work with. There will also [...]