HED’s modernization of Los Angeles Unified School District’s Irving STEAM Magnet Middle School transforms the campus and supports 21st-Century learning. The modernization provides a new two-story, 52,000 SF administration/classroom building with modern classrooms, an administration suite, a library/media center, learning laboratories, an instrumental music room, interim housing, and support spaces. The new architecture draws inspiration from nature’s inherent power and the beauty of the surrounding hills. The architectural design is inspired by and respects the existing building’s Public Work Administration Modern (PWA) style, fostering intuitive wayfinding and ease of orientation.
Three big ideas—Identity, Diversity, and Integrator—have guided the planning and building design, which converge into an architectural design to create a complete facility that adds to the campus context. Identity: A dedicated approach, entry, image, and experience for the administration/classroom building that builds a sense of community among students, faculty, and community. Diversity: The design responds to the diversity of programs with various collaboration spaces for different learning styles. Integrator: Campus connection is a primary consideration for success. The campus landscape and the micro-forest collect the various pedestrian circulation corridors from campus and link them to the administration/classroom building.
The campus is distinctive in its natural surroundings. New outdoor learning spaces varying in scale complement the historic campus and give the Irving STEAM Middle School a collegiate atmosphere.
Three big ideas—Identity, Diversity, and Integrator—have guided the planning and building design, which converge into an architectural design to create a complete facility that adds to the campus context. Identity: A dedicated approach, entry, image, and experience for the administration/classroom building that builds a sense of community among students, faculty, and community. Diversity: The design responds to the diversity of programs with various collaboration spaces for different learning styles. Integrator: Campus connection is a primary consideration for success. The campus landscape and the micro-forest collect the various pedestrian circulation corridors from campus and link them to the administration/classroom building.
The campus is distinctive in its natural surroundings. New outdoor learning spaces varying in scale complement the historic campus and give the Irving STEAM Middle School a collegiate atmosphere.
