Rosemead High School is situated near the center of the sprawling, picturesque San Gabriel Valley. The existing campus is an early 1960’s predominately one-story finger plan campus, with an architecture of brick veneer and plaster buildings. A diverse program included renovation and addition to the campus library, new classroom complex, renovated administrative offices, and re-design of covered circulation and open space throughout the campus.
Existing concrete-frame buildings were sustainably and minimally renovated, stripping them down to their original structure. New classroom buildings brightened original modernist intentions with a lightweight statement of mass, structure, and tone. The new classroom building responded to a lack of campus social space with a U-shaped courtyard, addressing the entry of the existing library. Ringed by a 2-story arcade with sculptural stairs on each end, this courtyard will be a hub for student circulation.
