It should come as no surprise that a school in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains ranks sustainability high on its teaching agenda. The small town of Aspen, an upscale winter ski resort and summer hiker’s paradise, takes civic pride in its ecological awareness. The newest of its three public schools, the year-old, 113,000-square-foot Aspen Middle School by local Studio B Architects and Denver-based Hutton Ford Architects, is designed to support environmental education and to foster a sense of stewardship among students.
As a symbol of the school’s place in the landscape, its exterior materials echo the surrounding mountains. Regionally manufactured brick and metal panels evoke the snowy peaks of the photogenic Maroon Bells. “Our educational concept was to connect the students to the landscape and to the environment,” says Studio B principal Gilbert Sanchez, AIA.
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