South Central High School: Redefining Community
Abstract
My proposal is for the design of a new high school that would consolidate the schools of Colome,
Gregory, Burke and eventually, Bonesteel-Fairfax. I am interested in designing for the rural educational
philosophy. The idea that personal attention contributes directly to the student’s intellectual
and social growth will play a role in how the classroom sizes and layouts are addresses. I
am curious to observe how the people deal with the issue of redefining their community in an
area where individual town and school pride is avid and often times fierce. I see a great opportunity
in this project to bring something architecturally refreshing to the communities. I hope to
accomplish this by studying the familiar features and forms of the area and abstracting them in a
way that creates a space that is familiar yet modern.