The Northeast Career and Technical Academy is comprised of four program-specific buildings arranged around the Garden of Learning, a protected courtyard, with the Commons, or Center of Knowledge, as the centerpiece of the campus. The composition establishes a strong identity while linking indoor teaching stations with outdoor learning environments. The design elevates career and technical education by distributing specialized classrooms and labs throughout the three-story building, both horizontally and vertically, ensuring that CTE is visible and integrated with general academics. Flexibility defines the instructional environment. Motorized overhead doors connect classrooms and labs to widened circulation areas that function as collaboration zones and, on the ground floor, open to the exterior for outdoor learning. Mobile furnishings, including whiteboards, seating, and varied table types, populate the zones and allow teachers and students to adapt settings for project-based work and interdisciplinary interaction. The Commons anchors this framework, serving as a hub for gathering and cross-disciplinary exchange. Design strategies reinforce both function and wellness. Vertical program masses link academic clusters while enclosing mechanical systems that support enhanced air quality. Daylight penetrates the building core through large openings and a third-floor clerestory, which integrates operable windows to support nighttime purging and stack ventilation. These solutions reduce energy use while advancing the district’s goal for healthier indoor environments.