The American School Foundation of Guadalajara (ASFG) is a co-educational day school offering an international education program for 1500 students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The campus covers 2.6 hectares (6.5 acres) on an urban site in a rapidly growing city, with developments and high rise buildings growing around it.
The design is a six-story building at the edge of the campus that includes classrooms for grades 9-12, a library for middle and high school school students, common spaces on every floor for small group gathering, a kitchen and cafeteria, and administration. Each floor has open air corridors, and the roof is accessible garden space. The building is LEED Gold certified.
Status: Built
Location: Jalisco, MX
Firm Role: Marketing Director
Additional Credits: Time Span 2017–2021
Type New High School (Phase 1 of master plan)
Client American School Foundation of Guadalajara
Size 17,500 square meters (188,400 square feet)
Cost $18 million
Design Team Andrés Gómez (GVA), Andrea Trujillo (GVA), Jose Miguel Gómez (GVA), David Croteau (Flansburgh), Kelley Banks (Flansburgh)
Local Architect GVA Arquitectos
Architects Flansburgh Architects
Consultants BEST (Structural Design); Profinel (MEP/FP); Eosis (LEED Engineers); LAB [3.2] Architecture (Interior Architect); Cushman & Wakefield (Construction Managers)
Photographer Jorge Silva
Certifications LEED Gold; LEED BD+C: Schools v4
