In this proposition the school is treated as a series of independent and public buildings. These are distributed along East 18th street forming an edge
to the block on the west, and defi ning a linear park to their east.
This strip forms a corner to Superior Avenue to the north with an administration building, and to Payne Avenue with the dining hall at the south end.
The experience of an urban campus of distinct buildings which front the street and back on to a park, refl ects an integration with the urban fabric,
reinforced by the simple act of walking from one building to another through urban spaces.
Retaining a series of existing buildings on the site, both for use by the school and for other uses, reinforces that integration.
Just as importantly, this distribution of buildings is well suited to shared public use -their positioning on the street, suggesting an independent
collection of public buildings. The sports hall becomes a community sports venue out of school hours; the dining hall a café; the fl exible classes
available to adult learning. The park is a key art of this vision- a major public open space and the shared lawn of the school campus. The whole
campus can switch from an enclosed controlled precinct to a series of open and permeable spaces on a daily cycle.
East 19th Street is converted to a paved lane, and the car parking
is concentrated to the east of the block, under built deck and
program.
We imagine the K-12 school programs as part of a wider suite of
life-long learning, spanning from infant to adult learning. Both
pre-kindergarten and post high school learning programs would
be integrated in to the campus. The public positioning of the
school buildings, and the additional programs of loose fit space,
(nominally work/live studios) reflects these possibilities