Brunswick Upper School

Greenwich, Connecticut

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Client: Brunswick School

Date Completed: September 2008

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Program: A school set on over 10 acres with 5,770 square feet of new construction and 23,516 square feet of renovated space.

Design concept and solution: The Brunswick Upper School was once a single-room schoolhouse in the early 20th century, but had undergone many transformations to accommodate a growing student population. Over the decades, new architectonic styles and materials, resulting in a hodgepodge campus, marked each new addition. The architects unified the campus by linking the disjunctive buildings with a two-story glass walkway, creating a continuous means of circulation between the campus buildings. The architects retrofitted the existing gymnasium to accommodate a 400-seat auditorium and a black box theater; former locker rooms now serve as art studios.

Gross square footage:
23,516-square-foot renovation
5,770-square-feet of new construction

Site size: 10.56 acres

Total construction cost: $21,000,000

Architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
14 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212.298.9300
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