Think about all the different functions that happen in your school building. The classrooms, science labs, gymnasium, auditorium, athletic fields, cafeteria, offices, storage rooms, and library are all different uses and require different spaces and functions on the site. Principal architect William Leddy of Leddy Maytum Stacy explains the architecture firm's process with the Nueva School project, "We go through a very lengthy investigative period in the concept design phase, which usually involves something as simple as doodles in my sketchbook."