American Canyon Middle School Student Commons

The highly publicized project is a focal point and central location for education as well as community gatherings in Napa Valley’s elite wine region. The project includes modern concepts and outdoor learning to meet educational flexibility options for today and the future. Our design concept was to give new life, learning, athletics, and community to a common area to be used for multiple purposes within the educational foundation of the campus – the future of our society and of our planet.

The 14,000 square foot new student commons center includes a multi-use space that serves as a cafeteria and performing arts space, student library, and project-based learning space with support facilities. Additionally, a large outdoor covered dining and gathering space with small outdoor stage to a central amphitheater, along with outdoor learning quads, highlights the exterior site improvements to energize the campus “heart.”