Harley Ellis Devereaux has won a 2015 SMPS San Diego A/E/C Rockstar Award in the Project of the Year Public — Award of Merit category for its work on Solana Ranch Elementary School. Situated on a 10-acre site in the Pacific Highlands Ranch area of San Diego, Solana Ranch Elementary School serves approximately 650 students and is designed as a community-oriented school.
Organized as a series of small learning communities in the form of two-story houses arranged along an internal street, each house consists of eight classrooms grouped around a two-level shared resource area interconnected by an internal staircase as well as dedicated outdoor spaces.
Because of sustainable design strategies such as integrated photovoltaics, daylighting, discplacement ventilation and natural ventilation, the school is now achieving a 60% offset in energy use.
Learn more about the awards and the winners here.
