Introduction

About the Santa Cruz Waldorf School

Waldorf Education

Rudolf Steiner

Educational Philosophy

Existing Conditions

Site Information

Context

University of California

Santa Cruz

Surrounding landscape

Codes

Zoning

Climate

Current School

Students and Teachers

History

Where they are headed

Buildings

Existing Site Buildings

Current building program

Site Proposal and analysis

Forested Site

Occupied Site

Site Selection

Mission Statement for Upper School

Concept and Exploration

Need for a High School

Financing

Choice of Site

Architectural Precedents

Design Issues

Scope

Methodology

Clinton School, NY

Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland

The State System

Catholic Schools

Montessori

Programmatic Requirements

Spatial

Functional

Room Documentation

Technical Requirements

Daylighting and Environmental

Daylighting Solution

Structural

Circulation

Transition of Words to Form

Documentation of Process

Critique Comments

Model Documentation

Conclusion

Bibliography