Within its greenfield context, the UNT Frisco campus preserves the site’s natural assets while heightening the landscape experience with outdoor amenities that frame views of the expansive nature beyond to establish the character of the campus and set the course for campus growth. With the knowledge gained from SWA’s involvement in the master plan phase of the project, building and outdoor spaces in Phase 1 are oriented for optimal benefits working with the natural landscape. The main entry drive sweeps through the wooded wetland preservation zone, over the ravine and nature trail, to the main entry plaza, providing a glimpse of the Ridge Mall promenades and Tower Plaza on the west side of the building. A collection of spaces along the Ridge Mall transitions from outdoor classrooms to collaboration and informal hangout spaces reinforcing student life. These spaces culminate at an amphitheater overlooking the meadow at the southern tip of the campus.
Montclair State University Student Center and Quad
SWA/Balsley collaborated with DIG Architects and Montclair State University to reimagine the campus student center,...
Stanford Hoover Institution Traitel Building
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is a public policy research organization promoting principles of individual, economic, and political freedom. CAW and SWA collaborated as a design team to create a building and site that helped promote research collaboration through open site connections and workspace.
SWA focused on a site design that exten...
Westmark School
Westmark is a private, second-through-12th-grade school focused on providing quality education to students with learning differences. The project itself has been divided into five separate phases, which will include site renovations for classrooms, courtyards, playgrounds, etc. The school provides a unique student experience that re-envisions traditional educa...
Cañada College Kinesiology & Wellness
In collaboration with ELS, SWA designed a new landmark for Canada College, the Kinesiology & Wellness Center. The project replaced a windowless 1960s-era gym building and outdoor asphalt yard with the glassy new building and infinity pool deck on this hilltop campus with fantastic views. The project also created a new campus arrival and ceremonial overlo...