Kirkland Ranch创新学院，简称KRAI，代表了一种推动创新和经济投资的全新方法。在Tampa社区的指导下，这所高中被设计成学生创意的发生器，并对当地经济产生了积极的影响。这所学校旨在为学生们提供先进的职业技术教育(CTE)，侧重于互动式学习与技能传授，而不是以理论武装学生，让他们能够成功从高中过渡到职业生涯或进入大学，以及获得更高的发展。

Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation (KRAI) represents a radical new approach to fueling innovation and economic investment. Guided by input from the suburban Tampa community, the high school was designed to be a vessel of impact for students and the local economy. It offers an advanced Career Technical Education (CTE), focusing on interactive learning that teaches skills more than theory—arming students with the competencies needed to successfully transition from high school to careers, or into college and beyond.

▼项目概览，Overall view

该学校的设计展现出巧妙地选址策略与令人惊叹的建筑形式，设计以各种空间为特色，旨在营造出一个鼓舞人心、注重协作、安全健康的学习环境。位于一层的“学术集群空间”，将为学生们提供符合当地经济特定需求的CTE课程。大面积的玻璃墙保证了空间的透明度，迎合了以活动为基础的教学需求，并加强了学生与职业课程之间的联系。在此，学生们将进行各种跨学科的学习，并对所学知识产生更深入的理解，最重要的是，享有更多选择的权利。

Showcasing strategic siting and stunning architecture, the school features various spaces engineered to foster an inspiring, collaborative and safe learning environment. Academic cluster spaces—which house CTE courses that align with the specific needs of the local economy—are partitioned by glass walls throughout the ground floor. This transparency facilitates activity-based learning and allows for an enhanced connection between the students and career courses. The result is interdisciplinary learning, deeper understanding, and most of all, choice.

▼入口广场，entrance plaza

学校引人注目的主入口的灵感来自于“雅典学校”中的大型公共空间，以及当地乡土建筑，入口空间由一座巨大的“前廊”所定义，廊下则是充满自然气息的景观湿地。以宽敞的庭院设计为特色，建筑的内外部循环紧密地联系在一起，创造出一条穿过场地中心的自然走廊。这条自然走廊既是本项目的标志性特征，同时又是对19世纪的乡土住宅设计的致敬。毫不夸张地说，在巧妙的设计下KRAI将是一座非常“酷”的学院。

▼分析图，analysis diagram

The school’s striking main entry is inspired by the great space of “The School of Athens” and vernacular architecture, defining a grand “front porch” perched above the natural wetland below. Featuring an expansive courtyard design, the building creates an inner ring of exterior circulation that creates a natural breezeway through the center—a signature feature also modeled after the vernacular houses of the 19th century. Quite literally, KRAI was designed to be a “cool” school.

▼巨大的“前廊”创造出荫凉的公共休闲空间，the large “front porch” creates a shaded public recreation space