Ethical Culture Fieldston Middle School

Riverdale, New York

Cooper, Robertson & Partners

Client:
Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Date Completed:
August 2007

Photo © Robert Benson Photography

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Photo © Cooper, Robertson & Partners

Alexander Cooper, FAIA, Scott Newman, AIA, Bruce Davis, AIA, Adele Finer, AIA

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