Located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, South Saigon International School is part of the roughly 640-acre Saigon South district planned by SOM in the mid-1990s. Flansburgh, a Boston based-firm with a reputation for designing international schools, created the 2.5-acre master plan for the Saigon South International School project and subsequently was awarded the design of two buildings, the middle school and a smaller STEAM center for high schoolers. The design of both buildings, which face each other across a green commons, draws inspiration from the Sapa region in northern Vietnam, known for its dramatic topography that supports rice farming.