Humanitree School – Hive and Flight (Middle and High School) occupies 10,000 sqm on the upper floors of the traditional office building reimagined by Rosan Bosch Studio and transformed into a state-of-the-art learning ecosystem.
The school adopts a unique organizational proposal featuring three Learning Ecosystems: Mountain, Forest, and Coast. Inspired by Mexican landscapes, these ecosystems group areas of knowledge and facilitate orientation through the building, promoting a sense of well-being with carefully selected materials and colors.
The pedagogical strategy incorporates six key learning situations – Discovery, Focus, Collaboration, Creation, Movement, and Encounters – that provide a diverse range of meaningful opportunities in the context of project-based learning.
The concept for the landscape design mirrors these ecosystems, ensuring a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor learning spaces. The Coast Ecosystem emphasizes movement with a multi-sport court, the Forest Ecosystem prioritizes practical learning with urban gardens, and the Mountain Ecosystem focuses on social development with a central agora. The interconnected paths and the use of vegetation promote cohesion, creating a dynamic and inspiring learning environment that celebrates excellence.
The new learning landscape of the Humanitree School offers a visionary, learner-centered approach to education. Nestled within the same building as the groundbreaking Universidad de la Libertad, the school forms an elegant and seamless bridge to higher academia. The students are offered a glimpse of higher education and invited to imagine their future learning path, a beckoning toward an expansive horizon of lifelong learning.
MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM
Within the Mountain Ecosystem, symbolizing progression and achievement, students engage in English, Spanish, and Other Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication. This space encompasses admission programs, a library, a cafeteria, media studios, mentoring spaces, and the Flight Club Mountain.
FOREST ECOSYSTEM
The Forest Ecosystem, representing diversity and intricacy, houses Sciences, Mathematics, Technology, Design, and Arts. Its facilities include science labs, technology, and design labs, art studios, mentoring spaces, and the Flight Club Forest.
COAST ECOSYSTEM
The Coast Ecosystem embodies flexibility and fluidity, hosting Physical Education, Theatre, and Music. The space program of this area includes music and drama studios, a multipurpose room, a movement room, focus and mindfulness areas, study corners, Hive 1 Homes, mentoring spaces, and the Flight Club Coast.
ABOUT HUMANITREE SCHOOL
Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a holistic and coherent concept for Humanitree School from preschool to high school. While the students in Hive and Flight (Middle and High School) have already moved to the new inspiring learning spaces, Nest and Bloom (Preschool and Primary), located in a new building, are set to open in 2024.
Humanitree was founded in 2011 by Ricardo Salinas Pliego and María Laura Medina de Salinas to build an educational concept that speaks to us of the connections and relationships among people and between people and their environment and aspires to develop individual potential play as a fundamental part of the learning process.
Humanitree – Hive and Flight officially opened on the 4th of September, 2023.
Rosan Bosch Studio has been the lead architect and designer and collaborated with, among others, C Cúbica Arquitectos in the execution phase.
