John Muir Middle School debuts outdoor learning space

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A new outdoor classroom was dedicated at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A new outdoor classroom was dedicated by principal Dr. Greg Miller at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A small crowd, which kept close to the shade, was present for the new outdoor classroom dedication at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A new outdoor classroom was dedicated today at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A song written with words by John Muir and school students was performed by teachers Steven Moos, on guitar, and Rebecca Southward, standing, during dedication of a new outdoor classroom at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Members of the Symphonic band, led by Suzie Snell, performed at the dedication of a new outdoor classroom at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Members of the school’s Imagination choir, led by Lydian Lee, performed at the dedication of a new outdoor classroom at John Muir Middle School, in Burbank on Friday, October 21, 2016. The classroom was made possible with the assistance of Woodbury University architectural students, who designed and built the composite wood classroom and Nickelodeon volunteers, who did the landscaping. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

By Mark Kellam

Oct. 21, 2016 4:50 PM PT

A new outdoor classroom was dedicated on Friday at John Muir Middle School on a site where a condemned bungalow had previously been located.

The 40-seat, 2,000-square-foot classroom is the result of a partnership the school formed with Woodbury University’s School of Architecture and Nickelodeon.

Led by Woodbury professors Jeanine Centouri and Oscar Corletto, a group of nine upper-class students in the architecture school conducted interviews with Muir teachers, staff and parents to see what they envisioned for the space, according to school officials.

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Starting this past January, the Woodbury students began building the walls, stage and seating for the classroom.

In May, as part of Nickelodeon’s “Viacommunity Day,” more than 50 volunteers from the company dug holes as well as planted hedges, trees and greenery and filled the space with more than 25 cubic yards of mulch.

Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com

Twitter: @LAMarkKellam