Redesign Your School Athletic Pavilion | 2014 National High School Architecture Competition #2

05/06/14
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Comments

I agree that light is one of the most important elements of any design. Would be great to understand how you plan to utilize the windows in your design to take advantage of the abundance of light - and in the case of Las Vegas, also shade.

What other building materials do you plan to use and why?