Lawton Green Schoolyard

Implemented under San Francisco's Green Schoolyard Initiative, Lawton Alternative School includes an fully ADA accessible Outdoor Classroom and natural play areas integrated with building grounds improvements.  Utilizing low water use plants and  California native species, the design also includes a tactile and fragrance sensory garden.

The Outdoor Classroom centers on an instructor presentation structure.  The Edible Garden features terraced seat planters.  The Kindergarten Yard includes planting areas cut out of the existing concrete paving, a solar array tower and new seating meant to provide "cued" boundaries to help separate different age groups during play time.  The Design Team is facilitating the implementation of several community components, including a student mural and "Friends of the Urban Forest" street plantings.

Design team included Jeff McLane and Shalini Agrawal. We produced construction documentation with full long-form specifications and conducted construction administration for SFUSD on a fast track schedule.