Design for robustness (the capacity to withstand adverse conditions)

Case Study

After the Thomas Fire destroyed the Ojai Valley School’s upper campus, Pamela Burton & Company worked with Frederick Fisher and Partners to redesign the school featuring a fire-resistant landscape that prioritizes large, noncombustible buffers, a central courtyard that can double as an emergency refuge area and a staging area for firefighting, and simple forms that eliminate places for burning embers to catch.