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Green Dot Animo Leadership High School
Green Dot Animo Leadership High School
Los Angeles County, CA, United States
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Green Dot Animo Leadership High School
Los Angeles County, CA, United States
Type
YEAR
2013
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
This new public school for
500 students is located in a tough South Los Angeles neighborhood almost
directly under the flight path into LAX and adjacent to the very busy 105
Century freeway. The design was
influenced by the New Orleans architects Curtis and Davis who designed and
built many schools in the early 1950s in Louisiana. Their designs adapted to the harsh southern
climate without using air conditioning, creating sustainable light filled and
poetic spaces for kids to learn.
Similarly, this project is
designed to enhance passive sustainable strategies. It allows for abundant natural light,
ventilation and view, while shading itself and inducing airflow. The south facade is clad with 650 solar
panels that shade the building and provides 75% of the energy needs for the
school. Implementing these strategies will reduce carbon emissions by over 3
million pounds.
With a project target of
CHPS and/or LEED Certification at the minimum, aesthetics, sustainability, and
cost-effectiveness were considered in every design decision. Taking full
advantage of the region’s temperate climate, the designers eschewed the fully
contained “big box” idiom of conventional schools on the primary use site.
Instead, a landscaped courtyard with multifunctional “bleacher” terracing flows
into the open-air covered lobby and the multilayered paseo, lending the school
the appeal of a collegiate campus and offering significant environmental
benefits—improving daylighting and access to fresh air both inside and
out—while providing substantial cost savings by limiting artificial lighting
and thermal conditioning to the smaller enclosed spaces.
500 students is located in a tough South Los Angeles neighborhood almost
directly under the flight path into LAX and adjacent to the very busy 105
Century freeway. The design was
influenced by the New Orleans architects Curtis and Davis who designed and
built many schools in the early 1950s in Louisiana. Their designs adapted to the harsh southern
climate without using air conditioning, creating sustainable light filled and
poetic spaces for kids to learn.
Similarly, this project is
designed to enhance passive sustainable strategies. It allows for abundant natural light,
ventilation and view, while shading itself and inducing airflow. The south facade is clad with 650 solar
panels that shade the building and provides 75% of the energy needs for the
school. Implementing these strategies will reduce carbon emissions by over 3
million pounds.
With a project target of
CHPS and/or LEED Certification at the minimum, aesthetics, sustainability, and
cost-effectiveness were considered in every design decision. Taking full
advantage of the region’s temperate climate, the designers eschewed the fully
contained “big box” idiom of conventional schools on the primary use site.
Instead, a landscaped courtyard with multifunctional “bleacher” terracing flows
into the open-air covered lobby and the multilayered paseo, lending the school
the appeal of a collegiate campus and offering significant environmental
benefits—improving daylighting and access to fresh air both inside and
out—while providing substantial cost savings by limiting artificial lighting
and thermal conditioning to the smaller enclosed spaces.
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