Mansueto High School Brighton Park, Education Building Chicago, Illinois Architecture Photos
Mansueto High School, Brighton Park, Chicago, IL
Aug 14, 2020
Mansueto High School, Brighton Park, Southwest Chicago
Design: Wheeler Kearns Architects
Address: 2911 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60632, United States

Mansueto High School, Brighton Park
Photos: Steve Hall, Hall + Merrick Photography
Located in Brighton Park, a severely disadvantaged neighbourhood in Southwest Chicago, this award-winning project is defined by a commitment to sustainability.

With the Mansueto High School, Noble Network of Charter Schools has transformed 5.5 acres of industrial brownfield in Chicago?s largest ?park desert? into a place of great opportunity for its students (comprising of 98% minority and over 91% low-income.)
The school?s mission starts with creating a culture for students where the only option is success, both short and long-term. The design of the school supports this goal, organized around a central green space which emulates a college quadrangle and allowing high-schoolers to envision a college future from day one.

The 67,000-sq. ft. two-story school structure, with a dark brick exterior and a light, gray metal panel interior, wraps almost completely around a landscaped courtyard. The use of masonry anchors the building?s identity, replicating the historical context of the site, providing a sense of protection, and shielding interior functions from the traffic noise created along the bu...