New Academic Building, Cooper Union

The conceptual spatial diagram of the central atrium that forms the backbone of the New Academic Building's circulation and social life.

Project Details

• Project Name: New Academic Building for the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
• Location: New York, USA
• Client: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
• Architect: Morphosis
  • Thom Mayne, Principal / Design Director
  • Silvia Kuhle, Project Manager
  • Pavel Getov, Project Architect
• Project Designers: Chandler Ahrens, Jean Oei
• Associate Architect: Gruzen Samton, LLP
  • Peter Samton, Principal
• Site Area: 18,000 square feet
• Project Size: 180,000 gross square feet
• Projected completion: 2008

Program

Public amenities including an exhibition gallery, 200-seat auditorium, lounge and multi purpose space, Shell retail space along Third Avenue, 15,000 sq.ft.of classrooms (approximate), 40,000 sf of laboratories (approximate), 10,000 sf of Art Teaching Studios and workspaces, 12,000 sf of institution and student activity spaces (approximate), 15,000 sf of administrative and faculty offices (approximate), 4,000 sf of centralized computer center (approximate).

The Building

The new academic facility is conceived as a 'stacked vertical piazza', contained within a semi-transparent envelope that articulates the classroom, laboratory and art studio spaces. The vertical campus is organized around a central atrium that rises to the full height of the building. This connective volume, spanned by sky bridges, opens up view corridors across Third Avenue to the Foundation Building.

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