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CARVING OUT A CAMPUS The courtyard feature emerges as the result of multiple construction phases that took into account buildings that remained, or were demolished, in the campus delivered.
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TROOPER PRIDE School pride re-vived, with the complete transformation of facades on both main avenues. Student life flourishes in a college campus setting behind a secured perimeter.
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ACADEMIC GROWTH FROM A PLACE OF PEACE The campus transformation created a secure perimeter with state of the art access controls.
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ACADEMIC HOME HANG-OUTS Bright pops help you know where, and which academic pod is yours. Collaboration areas keep students around, increasing academic performance.
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FLEXIBLE SPACES TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS Brand-infused multi-purpose spaces serve student and staff. Addition of spaces that can be used before and after school by all contribute to college campus feel.
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Exterior - Looking at the corner of McRae and Montwood
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Exterior Branding
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Exterior Community Pride - State Basketball Champions on Perforated Metal
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Interior Hang Outs - Keeping Students on Campus | Increasing Academic Excellence
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Exterior Courtyard with Secured Perimeter and Skywalk Blending Into Design
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Interior Spaces That Generated Additional Parent Engagement
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Exterior View of 600 Seat UIL Theater That Generated Additional Parent Engagement
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Interior View of Black Box Theater; New Programs Increased Student Enagagement
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Interior Wayfinding Strategies Lead to Collaboration Areas | Academic Pods
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Interior View of Robotics Lab, One of the Most Popular new Features of the Campus
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Interior View of Colorful Light-filled Classrooms in Use
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Interior View of Structural Components that Mimiced Memorable Design Features from Original Building
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Brian Wancho Photography
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Brian Wancho Photography
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Brian Wancho Photography
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Brian Wancho Photography
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Brian Wancho Photography
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Brian Wancho Photography
Eastwood High School’s transformation begins in an aging area of El Paso where, despite declining population in residential areas, and aging facilities, this urban school was prospering. The 24.25 acres in which it stood, is small for the 2,500 student population that it served, the 600 seat auditorium, administration building, 2,000 seat gym, and three-story academic addition that was added. The phasing plans worked with demolition to form a void in the center of the campus that unified the buildings, flanked by new architecture that unites the campus aesthetically.
Revitalization infused the school with footholds for the campus’ identity that ignited renewed pride. At the main entrance, the Eastwood Trooper, inspired by Union Calvary soldiers, shows strength to those walking through the gates. The basketball team members who won the 1976 Class 4A State Championship gaze down from the 25’x170’ perforated metal screen gracing the façade of the gym. Once inside, the school’s interiors and graphics share the same blue and gold color scheme as the Calvary soldiers the Eastwood Troopers are inspired from. Eastwood High School continues, more strongly than ever, to be a place of reminiscence and inspiration, as the community asked of us. When we told the students, educators, and the community the design would be Their Vision. Delivered.
Ysleta Independent School District Eastwood High School Campus Transformation
Category
High School
Description
Project Location:
El Paso, Texas, TX
Architecture Firm
MNK Architects, Inc.
El Paso, TX
www.mnkarchitects.com
@MNKArchitectsInc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mnkarchitects/
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Photography By:
Brian Wancho Photography
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