In working to create an outdoor learning center with All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler, Texas, it was clear that we couldn’t think about the outdoor areas as separate from the indoor ones. Both were a top priority, and the two needed to work in harmony.
All Saints partnered with Leland’s to build a learning center that took advantage of the 150-acre campus and all the trees, trails, and wildlife on it. Listening to Head of School Mike Cobb’s vision for the learning center, we were able to work together to maximize the best in what our Texas pre-built cabins offered and in the beautiful open spaces the campus provided.
The fundamental drive of the project was “bringing the outdoors in.” So the interior floor plan of one of our nine models of premade cabins fit with the school’s design goal of having three core learning areas.
All Saints wanted a lab area for examining and exploring more about student discovery. With a designated lab space, Mike says, “Our students can bring in the things that they find out in the forest.”