Inside, visitors are greeted by dramatic, framed views through the ‘Kuntz Commons’. The Commons hosts daily assemblies for students and staff, but also serves as a vertical and horizontal circulation thoroughfare, breakout learning space, and social space for the entire school. The splayed plan of the Commons is informed by the orientation of the adjacent classroom and faculty office wings, reflecting the tight site and close proximity of nearby tennis courts and buildings.

The interior palette is largely neutral which allows the connection to the outdoors to be featured, but the relationship to the outdoors is reinforced by generous wood accents throughout. The ‘sun devil’ logo provides an interior focus to the Kuntz Commons and an additional Reminder of school’s communal identity.

A memorial aspen grove, visible through the glass at the lower level of the Kuntz Commons, serves as a foreground focus, with a riparian landscape area and outdoor classroom element just beyond. The nearby mountains in the distance root the students to their place on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

Classrooms and faculty offices are clustered around shared gathering areas rather than strung along typical double loaded corridors. Classrooms can be joined with an adjacent classroom or gathering area to facilitate cross disciplinary teaching or larger class settings. Flexible, varied furniture accommodates a range of teaching and learning styles. Shared balconies and patios provide easy opportunities for views, fresh air, and additional breakout learning space.

Looking back to the building from the south, the Commons is flanked by the two story western classrooms wing, and the dramatically cantilevered classroom wing to the southeast. The cantilevered classroom wing floats above the library and creates sheltered transition space between the library and outdoor areas beyond.