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Project Specs

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
New York, New York

Lyn Rice Architects

the People

Owner:
The New School

Architect:
Lyn Rice Architects
40 Worth Street 1317
New York, NY 10013
T 212.285.1003
F 212.285.1005
 www.lrany.com

Lyn Rice AIA, principal
Astrid Lipka AIA, associate
Kimberlae Saul AIA, project manager
Karl-Erik Larson & Anne-Rachel Schiffmann, team leaders
Leif Halverson (SD project architect)
Kai Hotson, Julie Torres Moscovitz, Pamela Torres, Erik Carver, Jonathan Garnett, and Joanna Gulik, design team

Engineer(s):
Structural, MEP, & Fire Protection Engineering:
Buro Happold, New York
www.burohappold.com

Denzil Gallagher, associate principal
Dennis Burton, project manager/electrical  
Alan Jackson, Jing Song, Rebecca Welch mechanical
Stanley Wojnowski, Adrian Biltoft, J Cohen, structural
Valentin Antohi, fire protection & plumbing

Consultant(s):
Glazing Consultant:
Front Inc., New York
www.frontinc.com

Marc Simmons, partner
Russell Davies, project leader

Lighting:
Richard Shaver Architectural Lighting
T 212.308.3775
Richard Shaver, principal

AV+Acoustical:
Cerami
www.ceramiassociates.com

Maik Nitzschke, project manager

Specifications:
Construction Specifications, Inc.
www.constructionspex.com

Aaron Pine, principal

Code Consultants:
JAM Consultants, Inc.
www.jamny.com

Robert Anderson, principal
Janet Forde, assistant

Elevator Consultants:
Van Deusen & Associates
www.vdassoc.com

John Beckman, project manager
Rick Sayah, team leader

General contractor:
Richter + Ratner
1370 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY  10018
T 212-936-4500 x 101
www.richterratner.com

Mark Heiman, COO
David Brown, Project Manager
Bob Marino, Site Super

Photographer(s):
Michael Moran,
T 212.334.4543
www.moranstudio.com

Noah Sheldon,
T 718.775.3005
www.noahsheldon.com

Lyn Rice Architects
T 212.285.1003
www.lrany.com

Renderer(s):
Lyn Rice Architects

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
drafting: AutoCad 2007
modeling: Rhino
rendering: Rhino, Adobe CS2

 

the Products

Exterior cladding:
Exterior Louvers:
aluminum louvers manufactured by Architectural Louvers and installed by Empire Architectural Metal Corp.

Roofing:
Elastomeric:
Kemper fluid-applied reinforced unsaturated polyester membrane.

Windows:
Aluminum:
Custom Aluminum frame assembly by
Empire Architectural Metal Corp.,
14-50 118th Street, College Point, NY  11356

Glazing:
Glass:
Exterior Glazing Insulated Glass Units (IGUs): Low-iron, 2-1/4” thick laminated IGUs manufactured by Rochester Glass.  Installation by Empire Architectural Metal Corp.

Interior Glazing:  3/4” thick low-iron laminated, tempered installed by Empire Architectural Metal Corp.

Skylights:
Custom skylight manufactured and installed by Empire Architectural Metal Corp.

Insulated-panel or plastic glazing:
Exterior IGU’s: Rochester Glass, Windows and Doors, Rochester, NY

Doors:
Entrances:
All Glass Entrances:  low-iron, 3/4” tempered glass, installed by Empire Architectural Metal Corp., 14-50 118th Street, College Point, NY  11356

Metal doors:
Canaan Distributors Corp.

Custom Pivot Wall:
Steel frame with Forbo tackable surface fabricated/installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

Hardware:
Locksets: Best

Hinges: Stanley

Closers: Norton

Exit devices: Precision, Adams Rite, Von Duprin

Pulls: Burns

Security devices:
Honeywell, Pass&Seymour, HID Corporation, Sony,
Siedle, Turnstiles:Smarter Security Systems:Fastlane Plus R400MA

Cabinet hardware:
Hafele, Blum, McMaster Carr

Interior finishes:
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Custom millwork: color-conversion varnish fabricated, finished and installed throughout by Legere Group, Ltd.

Archive Lockers: custom milled interlaced lockers by Legere Group, Ltd.

Paints and stains:
Benjamin Moore: Super White, White Dove, China White, Deep Space, Gull Wing Gray

Wallcoverings:
Wallpaper: Kamhi Kolor, New York

Slate Wall: Amadeus Marble and Granite Corp., Long Island City, NY.

Paneling:
Bark Panels: Yellow Poplar Bark, premium grade, Highland Craftsmen, Inc. 534 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC 28777, installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

Bamboo panels: Teragren caramelized vertical grain panels, milled (in Auditorium) and finished with color conversion varnish (at Orientation Room) and installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

MDF Panels: Great Lakes MDF, Spectratech Color MDF, black, no finish, milled and installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

Elevator Mesh Enclosure: Expanded Aluminum Mesh, Mc Nichols, fabricated and installed by United Iron, Mount Vernon, NY.

Special surfacing:
Tackable Wall Surface: Forbo

Floor and wall tile:
American Olean: 2x2 mosaic tile

Resilient flooring:
Rubber flooring: Ecosurface Ecostone #806 on EcoSilence Underlayment.

Vinyl Flooring: Lonseal Lonfloor Plain

Carpet:
Interface Flor carpet tile, graphite
Eurotex Tredford, #508

Aluminum Flooring:
Alumaflor, installed by Pyramid Floor Covering, Inc.

Interior Finish Concrete Floor:
high strength, architectural concrete hard-troweled by  Azzarone, Mineola, NY

Furnishings:
Conference Tables: Vitra Join Table
Filing Cabinets: Bisley

Reception furniture:
Custom steel reception desk with powder-coated finish by Legere Group, Ltd.

Fixed seating:
Auditorium Seating: KI

Chairs:
Task Chairs: Think chairs by Steelcase.

Conference Chairs: Catifa narrow upholstered with fabric by Maharan.  Distributed by Gordon International.

The New School Orientation: Catifa narrow, non-upholstered. Distributed by Gordon International.

Tables:
Custom millwork: color-conversion varnish fabricated, finished and installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

Other furniture:
Movable seating:
Lobby seating pods: Bump Ottoman by Dune.

High Density Storage: Spacesaver Mechanical Mobile Shelving System.

Lecterns: Custom stainless steel + bamboo lectern, manufactured and installed by Legere Group, Ltd.

Lighting:
Interior lighting:
Erco Eclipse track lighting Accent Lights and Wallwashers,Prudential Lighting Transcendent Round Luminaire,Kurt Versen 6” Diameter Pendants, Erco LED orientationluminaire,Zumtobel Frameless Fluorescent,Edison Price track lighting with Stacklite Wall Washers,Sightline Accent Lights,PrismaTech Pro Interior Compact Fluorescent (recessed in columns), Lumenrail Lighted Handrail, Elliptipar KO Series Tungston Halogen fixtures mounted in custom housing by Empire Architectural Metal Corp., Nippo Seamlessline T6 Fluorescent Lighting Fixture,Bartco
SCJDC Signage: Let There Be Neon, New York
Digital Clock: Sunrise Systems Inc.,Pembroke, MA

Downlights:
Xenon Retro Mini

Exterior:
Bega Linear Uplights

Controls:
Lutron

Conveyance:
Elevators/Escalators:
Velis Associates, Inc, 151 South 14th St, Lindenhurst,
NY 11757

Plumbing:
Faucets: Kohler

Sink: custom stainless trough by Chef Restaurant Supply, 294-96 Bowery, New York, NY

Lavatory: American Standard

Urinal: American Standard

Drinking Fountain: Haws Corporation

 

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