Concordia Architecture & Planning

Iuka, Mississippi
1991

Through broad community participation involving a steering committee of 100 constituents, the needs of this low income, rural Mississippi county were analyzed to design a new high school for 1000 students, doubling as a community center.

The design locates common spaces around an open, circular court for complete community access. Programmatic uses balance school and community: school auditorium as community theater, gymnasium as community fitness center, cafeteria as town meeting hall, media center and early learning and child care center, adjacent forest as environmental learning site. The project was designed in association with Johnson Bailey Architects.