A school is intrinsically a place of growth and tending. Educators, students, parents, and community members engage in conversations that demand patience, empathy, and respect. TENDING is a tool to translate (RICE PLANTING) the study of life, growth, and transparency and (MOUNTAIN BUILDING) the interference and celebration of structure. Through a study of DISTORTION, these non-normative landscapes manifest into the building. Architecture and landscape are intertwined.