Modernized Campus Gives Students Career-Focused Opportunities
Client
South El Monte Union High School District
Project Location
El Monte, CA
Size
174,500 SF
Students
1,300
The campus modernization spans 15 buildings. These buildings include seven CTE spaces: advanced manufacturing, robotics, carpentry, health science, coding, product design, and business. Every space on campus is uniquely updated for its intended educational outcome. Lenticular graphics along wood-lock walls and broadloom carpet decorate the theater for a modern and artful space. The robotics room features luxury vinyl tile that is both practical and aesthetically pleasing. Our experiential graphics design team implemented graphics correlating to each CTE space. Classrooms were made bigger without undergoing intensive construction or expansion to the building. Upgrades to the central cooling tower, new air conditioning in the gym, and efficient kitchen cooling systems improved teaching and learning conditions. Landscaping updates allow the campus to be more drought resistant, which decreases water usage and maintenance. All doors and hardware on campus were switched to a safe and secure wireless automatic lockdown system.
The exteriors of the buildings do not permit structural changes, instead paint and experiential graphic services have created a more inspiring exterior fa莽ade. Our XGD team created customized murals and rebranded the school, making their motto 鈥淥nward and Upward鈥� stand out throughout the design. Through various workshops with the administrators and educators, our designers created teacher collaboration areas transforming how staff plan, interact, and work together.
