Architects:Murray Legge Architecture

Area :500 ft²

Year :2020

Photographs :Leonid Furmansky

Manufacturers :  GRAPHISOFT, Tang SunshadesGRAPHISOFT

Engineering :Fort Structures

Design Team : Murray Legge, Travis Avery, Lincoln Davidson

Clients : Little Tiger Chinese Immersion School, Mike Osborne, Meggie Chou

Contractor : Mike Osborne

City : Austin

Country : United States

As a solution to the challenges faced because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Little Tiger Chinese Immersion School chose to move a large portion of its classes outdoors. Over the summer the school director reached out to our office to design an outdoor classroom that could be built quickly and affordably before the start of the new Fall 2020 school year. Their primary concern was to shelter the children from the intense Texas sun. The temporary structure cost less than $3000 USD and took about a week to build. It is composed primarily of wood 2x4’s which are secured to the ground with threaded pile anchors that can be easily removed when the structure is taken down, leaving no trace that it was there.