Rows of planted trees on the roofscape echo the park below, while an outdoor performance and lecture space activates the space in any season.
A 2014 study for Barnard College's Teaching and Learning Center presented a distinctly urban challenge: how to knit an entirely new structure into an already densely developed campus—yet still leave to room to breathe? Our concept creates a generous amount of new interior square footage with a calming 4-story capsule. What appear to be wide switchbacks along the side maximize outdoor meeting space, while allowing daylight to penetrate each level.
view from lawn, spring
view from lawn, winter
roof view, fall
roof view, summer
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