Building Equity Projects
Our pilot projects have paved the way for Building Equity Award certifications.
The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza
Building Equity Design Award
Building Equity Experience Award (pursuing)
Collaborators: SWA Group, Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza, and the San Francisco LGBTQIA+ community
Location: San Francisco, California
The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza is a renovation project of an existing transit stop spearheaded by the LGBTQIA+ community and the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza to better honor Harvey Milk, the city’s first openly gay elected official and to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. The memorial is currently under design.
Norman-Sims Elementary School
Building Equity Design Award (pursuing)
Building Equity Experience Award™ (pursuing)
Collaborators: Kirksey Architecture, Austin Independent School District, and the Norman-Sims Campus Advisory Team
Location: East Austin, Texas
Norman-Sims Elementary is a school modernization and consolidation effort aimed at bringing a quality 21st-century learning environment to the otherwise under-resourced community of East Austin, Texas. Faculty, school administrators, and students were involved in the design process. The student body of Norman-Sims is comprised of 38.2% Black students, 49.1% Latinx students, 4% Asian students, and 3.6% mixed-race students; 94.9% are economically disadvantaged and 33.8% are English language learners. Norman-Sims was completed for first occupancy in January 2021.
