Architecture / Environmental Middle School
FLOW
Water is meant to be encountered, not hidden.
Rainwater is collected, channelled, stored, and brought into the school’s daily circulation.
Students move alongside roof channels, water tanks, a courtyard pool, and seasonal ice.
Water marks movement through the building—orientation, climate, play, and daily routine.
02.1 / Site + Environment
CATCH.
CHANNEL.
COOL.
The courtyard pool, distributed tanks, roof channels, and exposed water surfaces turn Pittsburgh rainfall into an environmental system students can see and inhabit.
02.2 / Plans
LEARNING
AROUND WATER.
Plans register how classrooms, shared spaces, and circulation open toward the courtyard at different elevations.
02.3 / Sections
THE BUILDING
AS WATERSHED.
Long sections clarify how the school steps around a central court while roofs collect light and rain. Water is never decorative; it gives the building its spatial logic.
02.4 / Models
A SCHOOL
ORGANIZED BY
ENCOUNTER.
Massing models tested each curve as enclosure, path, threshold, and water edge. The final assembly combines those roles.