comment
Brunswick Upper School
Ethical Culture Fieldston Middle School
The Gateway Schools
Oslo International School
The Park School
St. Matthew's Parish School
The Wheeler School
Windrush School Classroom AdditionEthical Culture Fieldston Middle School
Client:
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Date Completed:
August 2007
Based on what you have seen and read about this project, how would you grade it? Use the stars below to indicate your assessment, five stars being the highest rating.
Program: A 47,225-square-foot middle school sited on a 16-acre campus.
Design concept and solution: The architects symbolically situated the new middle school in the center of the lower and upper schools—both built in 1928—to represent its intermediary function on the historic campus. Set on a former basketball court and service yard, the middle school is composed of three rectilinear forms conjoined by a wood veneer paneled common area. Native stone excavated from the site forms the base of the building. A glazed curtainwall encloses the classroom volume to suffuse learning spaces with natural light; zinc-composite panels clad the academic center. Features like the third floor roof garden and rainwater-collecting cistern that collects water for local irrigation contributed to the schools’ LEED Silver certification.
Gross square footage:
47,225 sq. ft.
Site size:
16 acres
Total construction cost:
$20.6 million
Architect:
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
311 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
T: 212 247-1717
F: 212 245-0361
www.cooperrobertson.com
|
|
Video
Sign in to Comment
To write a comment about this story, please sign in. If this is your first time commenting on this site, you will be required to fill out a brief registration form. Your public username will be the beginning of the email address that you enter into the form (everything before the @ symbol). Other than that, none of the information that you enter will be publically displayed.