The building’s transparent lobby invites the public in. Upon entering, the heart of the school—the theater—is fully on display. Once inside, the design offers a reciprocal view: from the theater you see the street, and from the street, you see the theater.
The interior expresses WHIN’s identity through layered programming, while the exterior asserts an institutional presence within a narrow residential block. The original brick building was reused, requiring punched window openings as the primary façade module.

The new metal siding uses three distinct profiles that reference the musical staves of a conductor’s score. Lower-grade classrooms occupy the lower floors, while eighth-grade classrooms sit just below the top-floor gym. The rhythm of the windows reflects this educational progression. Classrooms on the lower floors feature consistent windows to support foundational learning. As musical mastery grows on upper levels, the windows become more animated and expressive. Seven distinct scores of yellow syncopated window frames complete the architectural composition.