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Cedar RootsCommunity School

School campus

A campus between forest and shore

Our team built a physical model to explore how the spaces of a school can support the way students learn. Here is the concept behind it.

Interactive concept

Explore the campus

Select an area on the diagram or from the list to learn what it's for and how it supports our learning model.
Conceptual campus diagramA simplified, not-to-scale diagram showing the proposed campus areas between the entrance road at the top and the shoreline at the bottom. Use the list of areas beside the diagram to explore each one.Road access (conceptual)EntranceShoreline (conceptual)123456789
Conceptual diagram only — not to scale, not an architectural plan, and not an approved site layout.

Campus areas

Area 1

Main learning building

A two-storey timber building with classrooms grouped around shared learning spaces, so each grade has a home base.

  • Classrooms with operable windows and views
  • Science labs opening onto an outdoor work yard
  • Advisory rooms with phone lockers
Placeholder for a photo of the main learning building in the physical school model

The physical model

Photographs of our physical school model. Select any image to view it larger; use the arrow keys to move between photos.

Labelled placeholders are shown until photos of the finished model are added.

Design intent

What the model is — and isn't

The model expresses ideas: how learning spaces relate to each other, how the building opens to the outdoors, where the community wing sits and how people move through the site.

It is not a precise architectural plan. Building size, layout, site placement and environmental impact would all need professional design, site studies, consultation and approvals before any real school could be built.

Illustrated vision of Cedar Roots Community SchoolA stylized drawing of a low, timber-clad school with sloped roofs and large windows, set between coastal forest and the water. An open-air outdoor classroom stands to the left, garden beds to the right, and a path leads down to the shoreline. Mountains rise behind.
Artistic impression — not a design drawing.