Describe how the project enhances or embraces the community’s culture and diversity giving consideration to its identity, community context, sense of place, and/or overall purpose and importance of the facility to the community at large. Describe how the project /site exhibits a clear identity and inspires a sense of belonging for the direct users and the community.
|
Alief ISD—Jefferson Early Learning Center
Alief ISD is a diverse, urban district spanning 36.6 square miles on the west side of Houston. 82.6% of students in Alief ISD qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the median household income is $46,655. Located on the corner of Bellaire Blvd and Howell Sugar Land Road, Alief ISD’s Jefferson Early Learning Center campus is organized into two villages providing students with a sense of community and place. |
Angleton ISD—Angleton High School CTE Center
As part of the 2019 Bond projects for Angleton ISD, PBK was tasked with designing the new Angleton Technology Education (CTE) Center. The new 127,715 S.F. Center is located on Angleton ISD High School’s campus and was built to accommodate an enrollment increase in AISD’s CTE curricula of over 1,100 additional students in just one academic year. |
|
|
Austin ISD—Eastside Early College High School
With a vision of academic excellence, multiculturalism, and community, the new High School is designed to honor the past, excel in the present, and positively impact the future. The site represented systematic injustice when the original high school was shuttered by court order for desegregation and left vacant to be condemned. The new campus brings together all three communities for a new hope and a new community hub. |
Canyon ISD—West Plains High School
Drawing inspiration from its West Texas heritage, the new school is the third high school and the first new high school in 20 years for the district. The new school preserves community values while celebrating high-quality learning environments. A landmark next-gen learning experience for the community, the new high school is designed to drive student success and serves as a tangible expression of the district’s educational aspirations for their students. |
|
|
Channelview ISD—McGhee Elementary School
Transforming an outdated building, this project preserves history while embracing modern education. The library is at the heart of the campus, symbolizing the district’s focus on reading as the foundation to learning. It merges two campuses, creates flexible spaces and activates indoor/outdoor zones. Innovative technology, mobile furniture and a new brand identity bring learning to life. A captivating tree house and topological layers inspire exploration. It’s a transformative journey from the past to the present, providing an engaging, accessible and vibrant learning environment. |
Dallas ISD—South Oak Cliff High School
This High School, constructed in the early 1950s, was center stage of a highly publicized student walkout covered by local and national media outlets in 2016. The condition of the school had declined over the years and the protest was in direct response to leaky roofs, inadequate heating and cooling, pest and vermin infestation, and issues with the natural gas infrastructure serving the building. The design solution focused on addressing the mechanical and functional deficiencies of the facility while creating an equitable learning environment. |
|
|
Reconstruction of Denton High School as a two-story high school with auxiliary support buildings, at a new site, providing next generation learning environments and alignment with the Denton ISD standard of high school campuses. |
Luling ISD—Leonard Shanklin Elementary
Through both new construction and renovation, this 2-story, 85,745 square foot Pre-K through 5th grade Elementary School created expansion for a growing population, heightened safety and security, state of the art learning environments for students, and fostered community through unique features brought into the design. |
