San Jose, CA

Ledesma Elementary School is the first new school in the Oak Grove District in the past 25 years. The site is located high on a plateau overlooking the Santa Clara Valley. The spectacular view was offset by the challenge of providing access compliance across the site. The design program called for mixed building types: classrooms were constructed from modular units, the Multi-Purpose building with standard construction. The main building housed administration in the front. The surrounding classrooms are linked together by a uniform, shared roof design that transitions the building's occupants to the outside. The library and multipurpose space look out on to the open patio and protects from the prevailing winds that might disrupt the lunch area.

Weston Miles was the District Architect and reresentative designing the site, interiors, and multipurpose space and monitoring/reviewing the work of the Architect of Record.