The Bay School of San Francisco
This conversion of a historic landmark Army barracks into a start-up independent high school weaves together historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and environmental responsibility, creating spaces that teach.
Owner
The Bay School of San Francisco
Location
Presidio of San Francisco, CA
Size
66,000 sq. ft.
Image Credit
Tim Griffith
The Bay School is an independent high school with an academic emphasis on science, technology, and ethics—and their crucial interrelationships. The school is designed to serve a student body of 400 with 22 classrooms and seminar spaces, six sophisticated laboratories, art and music spaces, a 22,000-volume library, student center and dining room. The high performance design integrates resource-efficient design strategies, building systems and materials throughout and is estimated to require less than half the energy consumption required to construct and operate a new school building of comparable size.
“The design acknowledges the youthfulness of the students, while still demonstrating a respect for our environment: an excellent example for the integration of sustainability in institutional projects.”
AIA National Interior Architecture Award Jury
