Mundo Verde is a bilingual, sustainability-focused public charter school located in the District of Columbia. The school?s curriculum is based in expeditionary learning, where students learn through the active exploration of the world around them. Awarded a shuttered 1920s-era school building and site by the District in 2013, Mundo Verde had a direct question for the design team: ?How can this redevelopment and addition project teach our students to be global stewards"?

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Architects: Studio Twenty Seven Architecture

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Principal: Todd Ray, FAIA

Area: 4388.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Hoachlander Davis Photography

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From the architect. Mundo Verde is a bilingual, sustainability-focused public charter school located in the District of Columbia. The school?s curriculum is based in expeditionary learning, where students learn through the active exploration of the world around them. Awarded a shuttered 1920s-era school building and site by the District in 2013, Mundo Verde had a direct question for the design team: ?How can this redevelopment and addition project teach our students to be global stewards"?

© Hoachlander Davis Photography

Mundo Verde is two buildings: the re...