架构师提供的文本描述。这所新的公立学校能容纳500名学生，坐落在一个艰难的南洛杉矶附近，几乎就在直飞洛杉矶的航线下，毗邻繁忙的105世纪高速公路。这个设计受到新奥尔良建筑师柯蒂斯和戴维斯的影响，他们在20世纪50年代初在路易斯安那州设计和建造了许多学校。他们的设计适应了南方恶劣的气候，不使用空调，为孩子们创造了充满阳光和诗意的学习空间。

Text description provided by the architects. 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.

 © John Linden

约翰·林登

同样，该项目旨在加强被动可持续战略。它允许丰富的自然光，通风和景观，同时遮阳和诱导气流。南立面覆盖着650块太阳能电池板，遮阳建筑，为学校提供75%的能源需求。实施这些战略将减少300多万磅的碳排放。

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.

 © John Linden

约翰·林登

以最低限度的CHPS和/或LEED认证为项目目标，在每个设计决策中都考虑到美学、可持续性和成本效益。充分利用该地区温和的气候，设计师们避开了传统学校在小学场地上的“大盒子”成语。取而代之的是，一个带有多功能“漂白剂”露台的美化庭院流入了露天大厅和多层通道，让学校有了大学校园的吸引力，并提供了显著的环境效益-改善了室内和外部的采光和新鲜空气的供应-同时通过限制人工照明和热调节，将人工照明和热调节限制在较小的封闭空间上，从而节省了大量成本。

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.