The Bay School of San Francisco

Introduction

This conversion of a National Register Historic Landmark Army barracks into a start-up independent high school weaves together historic preservation, adaptive reuse and environmental responsibility, creating spaces that teach. Located within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the Presidio of San Francisco, the school offers a unique curriculum emphasizing the interrelationship of science, technology, ethics, and world religions. The original 1912 barracks building was converted to serve a maximum student body of 400 with a full compliment of educational spaces. The design reinforces the school’s mission: “making connections between academic disciplines, between students and teachers, between the school and the outside community, between the past and the futur