Set within a vast and open landscape, the school emerges as a new horizon, defined by the interplay of volumes and roofs. The pavilions encircle an inner courtyard that frames a magnificent view of Mount Shefford.

Students enter through a spacious courtyard before heading to their lockers. The courtyard features extensive mineral surfaces capable of accommodating all students, interspersed with numerous planted areas of mature trees, shrubs, perennials, and wildflowers native to the region.

Natural rocks scattered throughout serve multiple purposes as benches, barriers, pathways, and transitional elements, encouraging students to playfully engage with the space. The buildings' expansive overhanging roofs interconnect to create a continuous covered walkway encircling the courtyard.

The common space features a generous double height. A stepped area connects a lower zone directly linked to the courtyard with a more intimate mezzanine level. From both the steps and the mezzanine, a large skylight frames views of Mount Shefford, spanning over the roofs and the surrounding landscape.

Shared among four classes, the collaboration zone partly unfolds in double height and partly in a mezzanine accessible by a bleacher stair.

The pavilions are assembled around an inner courtyard that frames the magnificent view of Mount Shefford. The ensemble offers a dual interpretation, allowing the expression of both the individuality of each cycle and the broader school community. Each student can identify with their own pavilion, their own "home," and thus visualize their past and future academic journey through the school cycles.

Located in the basement, the gymnasium and its activities can be observed from the common circulation that crosses above. In this widened corridor, fixed furniture elements allow for activities in smaller groups. Transparency provides constant visual contact with the forest.

Without literally reproducing the vernacular architecture of the surrounding area, the school, with its low volumes and sloped roofs, offers archetypal forms that echo the nearby houses or farm buildings. Thus, children enter a world that is familiar to them; a warm and welcoming world.