Our design for the new Almeta Crawford High School encompasses the district’s vision goals, macro-organizational model, and site conditions to create an engaging learning environment for all. The building is purposefully situated centrally on the site with an overall east-west layout to capture ideal daylight with minimal heat gain. The linear building form is separated into two different masses; one to the north and another to the south. An outdoor, secure courtyard connects the two. Active participation in the classrooms, collaboration spaces, and multipurpose areas are facilitated through operable partitions, mobile markerboards, and flexible furniture that provide reconfigurability of spaces.

Located at the southwest corner of the district’s jurisdiction, Fort Bend’s Almeta Crawford High School sits on approximately 45 acres. Learning neighborhoods are self-contained suites consisting of classrooms, labs, flexible zones, an educator center, and specialized education classrooms. All educational spaces within the neighborhoods have views and access to the outdoors and a covered patio.