Sugar Grove Academy is located in southwest Houston. The goal of the schools is to create rigorous levels of learning for each child in every classroom so that students can be college- and career-ready upon leaving Sugar Grove Academy. The school was conceptualized as a village with its implied sense of community support, shared interests and safety. The building masses around an exterior teaching courtyard with primary circulation leading past openings revealing interior spaces and activities. The floor plan is compact with manageable travel distances between learning centers. As the school progresses through 3 volumes that are zoned from most public to most private with major programmatic elements expressed through a series of smaller building shapes of a domestic scale more familiar to a young student. Mindful of a limited construction budget, readily available exterior and interior building materials and systems were maximized through careful articulation and straightforward detailing. The expression and integration of material selections and colors between exterior and interior provide both visual cues and continuity throughout the campus.
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