Schools and Learning Centers

The Ojai Foundation School (*)(2)

The Ojai Foundation School was designed to serve as an educational and retreat center with a firm commitment to land stewardship and environmental awareness. This project represents a fusion of Sim Van der Ryn’s principles of ECO-LOGIC Design. The 12,500 sq. ft. village conforms to site contours and uses excavated site materials for rammed earth walls and appropriate technologies for cooling, heating and lighting.

 


(1) A project of the Ecological Design Institute
(2) A project of Sim Van der Ryn & Associates
(3) A project of Van der Ryn Calthorpe & Partners
(4) A project of Hirshen/Van der Ryn Architects
(5) A project of Sim Van der Ryn, State Architect
(*) Full-page color information sheets are available for these projects.

Except as noted otherwise, Sim Van der Ryn was the Principal Architect on all projects