The Mendez Learning Center—a Principal-Partner prior experience— is a High school located in Los Angeles, California with 110,000 sf consisting of 4 new bldgs. The key features supporting CHPS criteria in this project were passive shading and strategic use of inexpensive common materials, such as ribbed metal panels, in creating visual hierarchy and denoting entry. These ribbed metal panels are also recyclable contributing to the environmentally conscious design. Due to adjacent gang activity in East LA, security was a constant challenge. To address security, constant line of sight and fluid space connectivity was utilized to prevent any spaces from being un-chaperoned.

Project completed while Principal / PM at another firm