Brooklyn-based design firm Efficiency Lab for Architecture has recently transformed an existing, three-story commercial office building into the Community Information Center, a marketing center for Avenues: The World School’s new campus in San Jose, California. Located in a former office park, the Community Information Center redefines the nondescript environment with a fresh building entrance framed by redwood trees and a series of artsy concrete portals that the architects say “free people’s minds from the stressful reality of California’s driving culture before entering the facility.” Completed in June 2020, the Community Information Center is part of the first phase in the new San Jose campus for Avenues: The World School, a famous system of for-profit private schools for pre-K to 12th grades with international locations including New York City, São Paulo and Shenzhen.