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Transforming the Existing Schools of Los Angeles - Los Angeles Unified School District’s
Comprehensive Modernization Program
Michael Pinto, AIA, Design Principal, NAC Architecture / Sandy Kate, LEED AP, Associate Principal, HMC Architects / Jorge de la Cal AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, CO Architects / Julia Hawkinson, AIA, ALEP, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, WELL AP, Senior Facilities Development Manager, Los Angeles Unified School District / Garden 3 / AIA CEU: 1. 0 LU / Primary Core Competencies: Educational Facility Pre-Design Planning / Secondary Core Competencies: Design of Educational Facilities
Los Angeles Unified School District has undertaken a major effort to upgrade, improve and transform its existing school sites. Following the completion of the new school construction program and the opening of 131 new schools, the District turned its attention to its more than 500 existing school sites. The average age of District schools, even including the new schools, is over 50 years old. The District’s current bond program, the School Upgrade Program has the following goals:
• Schools Should be Physically Safe and Secure
• School Building Systems Should be Sound and Efficient
• School Facilities Should Align with Instructional Requirements and Vision
With these goals in mind, a data collection and prioritization effort led to the identification of 11 school sites with the greatest facilities needs in March of 2015 for the development of comprehensive modernization projects. A second group of 11 school sites was identified in December of 2016. These 22 projects represent an investment of approximately $3.4 billion, and include the following scope:
• Retrofit or replacement of approximately 100 buildings requiring seismic upgrades
• Renovation of nearly 70 buildings of historic significance
• Removal of approximately 280 relocatable buildings
• Construction of approximately 680 new classrooms
The District developed a set of core principles to utilize in developing the project scopes, with safety and physical conditions as the primary drivers. Each school brought its specific and unique facility needs, educational program and community culture and presented challenges to the project teams. The District worked with the school sites and project teams to develop solutions that were appropriate to each school site while maintaining a consistent approach to structural analysis, programming and implementation of District design standards. A District representative and three of the architects supporting this effort will tell the story of the Comprehensive Modernization program from assessment and prioritization, through scoping and programming, to design and construction. Examples from first group of projects will be shared, including Venice High School, Jefferson High School, North Hollywood High School and Polytechnic High School. Additional examples will be presented from earlier precursor projects, Crenshaw
High School and Foshay Learning Center, as well as an early look at the challenges and opportunities of the second group of projects, including Taft High School, Kennedy High School, and Lincoln High School. The Comprehensive Modernization projects, ranging in budget from $70M to over $200M bring much needed upgrades, improvements and new buildings to each campus and provide a multitude of transformational opportunities, including: