A Journey Through Learning began by listening to the students who experience San Pedro Palcarangan Elementary School every day — hearing stories about where they play, gather, learn, and avoid during the hottest parts of the day.

Guided by those experiences, the project reimagines overheated and underused spaces into playful and educational environments where shade, interaction, and exploration come together — building a stronger sense of comfort, pride, and belonging within the school the students call their own.

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.