Our Lady Of Guadalupe's School is a raised, elongated bar building that hovers, covers, zigs and zags as a K-8 school responding to existing buildings, zoning restrictions and its corner hillside site.
20 miles south of Los Angeles in the beach community of Hermosa Beach, the new 6,000 sf catholic school’s program includes 2 classrooms (STEM & Music), faculty areas and administrative offices.
Concrete support walls give the building a lightness that seems to defy gravity, allow children to play below and allow parking between. They are pulled from the face of the building so they disappear into shadows below. The elevated building also provides a covered student lunch area.
Stairs anchor each end of the building and reinforce the site’s slope with two different access experiences. One is light, open and sculptural while the second is carved into the hillside.
Bio ROBERT KERR architecture design’s intention is to capture the intricacy of contemporary life through deeply personal creative solutions. Our projects are a result of rigorous design investigations that engage relationships between clients, environments and design experience. The result is holistic. We feel the best architecture (and design) arises from unconventional, diligent and creative thinking. Creating innovative formal expressions, financial permanence and environmental sustainability remain our priority. We strive for an economical, sociological and environmental solution each project.
Other prizes Interior Design Best of Year, Architizer, AIA regional, BLT Awards, Dezeen, Titan Property
