MERCERSBURG, PA | Mercersburg Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding school for students in grades 9-12, nestled in the agrarian valley of Pennsylvania’s Tuscarora Mountains. The design and renovation of the school’s Main Campus Quad reinvigorates this landscape as the physical and symbolic centerpiece of the Academy. The effort explored the role of this space and its immediate adjacencies within the larger campus and region. Special considerations were taken to develop circulation, upgrade pavings, and reestablish a mature tree canopy within the Quad. The design also recreates the Irvine Memorial, utilizing its existing figurative sculptures as a frame for the Quad and vistas to the historic chapel.