Little Village High School
Chicago, Illinois
INTEGRATED SERVICES
Architecture,
Engineering,
Interior Design and
Planning
project size
280,000 SF
Completion
2005
DESIGN ARCHITECT
OWP/P
ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Gonzalez Hasbrouck
Guajardo Associates
MANAGING ARCHITECT
Wallin/Gomez Architecture, Ltd
After a thorough planning process with numerous community groups, OWP/P designed a new 1,400-student community high school that integrates four small 350-student schools into one building.
Based upon a universal creation myth, each school has a unique identity incorporating the elements of fire, earth, water and wind from Aztec mythology, which are cast as icons throughout their respective schools. In the central commons space, a solar calendar uses the reflection of the sun to commemorate the community’s successful 19-day hunger strike, which was driven by the goal of providing new local school facilities.