At Santa Rita Elementary School, Living Systems reimagines the school’s existing site systems as visible, regenerative infrastructure — design that supports child welfare, ecological resilience, and long-term maintenance, rather than replacing what already works.

Named elements in their design book include edible gardens and a maintenance shed, woven into the everyday life of the school so students can see the systems that sustain their campus.

This is a student design proposal, developed for the LA 4621L capstone studio’s February 2026 study trip — it is a design, not built work.

Their work

• Read their full final design book (PDF, Google Drive) →
• See the whole Lubao project — all four sites and all nine capstone teams →

The site today

From the trip

Video from the February 2026 Lubao studio trip. More footage is on the Lubao hub.