SFUSD Green Schoolyards
McKinley Square Park
Energy Awareness
Graduated Spaces
Lagoon Landscape
Contemporary Nature
Coastal Garden
Historical Tribute
Napa Retreat
Bond Program that offers funding to schools to design and
implement an increase in green spaces within the
schoolyards.
The collaboration between 450 Architects, Studio Green and
the Green Schoolyard Bond Program brings together the
expertise to design and improve three school campuses;
James Denman Middle School, Balboa High School, and
Thurgood Marshall Academic High School. The goal is to
provide increased opportunities to develop new ways of
learning through site specific garden installations. With the
design of new planting areas, a solar powered irrigation
controller, and the means of learning the lines will begin to
blur between the teachings within the classroom and out in
the landscape. Students will now have the opportunity to be
taught and learn from interactive participation about the
environment and sustainability. These three projects
highlight the removal of asphalt in localized areas, install
raised planters and seating to accommodate newly planted
trees to provide shade and repose for students, and
implement more water efficient ways of irrigating.
Architect: 450 Architects