Seba Dalkai Boarding School

Seba Dalkai, AZ

Client
Seba Dalkai
Team Members
Del Dixon, Jeremy Dreskin
Year
2002
Size
115,000 sf
Status
Complete

GALLERY

This project is an 115,000 sf campus-style school encompassing over seven different building clusters on a 30-acre site 70 miles north of Winslow, AZ. The culturally-themed campus includes classrooms for grades K-12, an auditorium/multi-purpose building, student dormitory facilities, and staff housing which are arranged around a group of historic stone buildings.

The campus is designed in the shape of a large octagon, a sacred Navajo symbol derived from traditional Hogan architecture. The core school, including classrooms, science labs, media center, vocational training, administration, and Hogan-shaped “home rooms” are organized into a large octagon with a performance amphitheater in the center.

Planning of the project involved working closely with the school board, administration, teachers, students, and community leaders. The site arrangement reflects the concept of a village environment – paying homage to the past while providing a state-of-the art academic environment for Navajo students.