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1) Venice High School
Currently under construction, the $138M Venice High School Comprehensive Modernization project will trans- form the campus and provide new buildings that meet the instructional and facility goals of the District. The project reinvents a historic campus from the inside out. The original PWA Modern buildings are preserved while the rest of the aging buildings are replaced in complementary, yet educationally contemporary new structures and landscapes. The new design leverages the open campus culture and temperate climate in conceiving a cam- pus that exploits the potential for fluid relationships between indoor and outdoor learning. A concept of ‘canals and islands’ protect existing plantings in landscape islands while defining new canals of circulation and move- ment. Several quads are developed for their diverse program requirements of gathering, learning, and circula- tion.
The tour will go through two of the three primary new buildings that are currently in the final stages of con- struction. These new classroom buildings take advantage of their relationships to the landscape and leverage the design character of the historic structures. The Science and Engineering Building embraces a new Science Quad and fronts the Venice Community Garden with a patio space extending the lower level classrooms to the exterior while the upper level Chemistry labs access the quad directly via a dynamic exterior stair. The Arts and Shops Building has a number of shops on the ground level including Auto Shop and a unique Print Shop with exterior access to accessory learning areas and Arts Rooms on the upper level claim a long, glassy expanse on the north facade. Special Education programs are located in each of the new classroom buildings allowing for connections to adjacent programs.
2) Foshay Learning Center
HMC was hired by Los Angeles USD to do a master plan for an addition to the school. Foshay’s main campus houses approximately 1,800 grade K-12 students. The goal for the project site development was to remove all portable buildings on the campus to free up more outdoor student gathering areas and open space. Foshay has