Education · 2026
Northside Primary School
Rogers Park, Chicago, IL
The project
A school for 600 children designed as a small village, with classrooms clustered around shared learning courtyards.
Every classroom opens directly outside, so lessons can spill onto covered terraces in good weather.
The long library gallery connects all four clusters and ends in a double-height reading room overlooking the playing fields.
Design moves
Four clusters
Smaller communities within one school.
Outdoor classrooms
Covered terraces for every class.
Library street
A gallery linking all year groups.
Community sport
Halls and fields open after hours.
Sustainability
- Net zero operational carbon
- Cross-laminated timber structure
- Daylight in every classroom
- Edible school garden
Project data
- Client
- Northside School District
- Typology
- Education
- Location
- Rogers Park, Chicago, IL
- Gross floor area
- 7,900 m²
- Completion
- 2026
- Project team
- Mira Halden, Daniel Osei, Walter Brandt
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