2024-05-08T18:42:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150309486/new-compton-high-school-featuring-a-dr-dre-sponsored-performing-arts-center-officially-breaks-ground Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2022-05-10T14:57:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/76/762586e825380ac315b48ded2996df3a.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Construction has officially commenced on the new <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/6608711/dlr-group" target="_blank">DLR Group</a>-designed Compton High School in California. Designers, dignitaries, school district leaders, staff, students, and community members came together on May 7th to celebrate the groundbreaking.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c6/c6fb72466a8e439dabe97753ec599704.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c6/c6fb72466a8e439dabe97753ec599704.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>The 126-year-old school has a rich history, well known for producing music and athletic prodigies. DLR Group&rsquo;s design celebrates this legacy through a new campus with a dynamic learning environment that aims to elevate&nbsp;education for both students and educators. The design solution is centered around learning suites that foster project-based learning, student exploration, general instruction, and relationship building. In addition, the learning suites will allow for interdepartmental collaboration. They are designed as separate suites that can be linked together with moveable walls that open and close, allowing students and faculty to customize their spaces to support a variety of learning activities.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f3/f37a23d5167572057a3fc1582e37cc0e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f3/f37a23d5167572057a3fc1582e37cc0e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>&ldquo;This school represents yet another si...</p>