6636 x 4228 px | 56,2 x 35,8 cm | 22,1 x 14,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 agosto 2018
Ubicazione:
Cooper Square. &, 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003, United States
Altre informazioni:
jeremy bellamy, Acculab 41 Cooper Square, designed by architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis, is a nine-story, 175, 000-square-foot (16, 300 m2) academic center that houses the Albert Nerken School of Engineering with additional spaces for the humanities, art, and architecture departments in the newest addition to Cooper Union's campus in Cooper Square, Manhattan, New York City; there is also an exhibition gallery and auditorium for public programs and retail space on the ground level. The building, originally known as the New Academic Building, stands on the site where the School of Art Abram Hewitt Building was located; the site of the building formerly used for engineering will be leased to a developer once the move has been completed. Construction of the building began in 2006 and was completed in September 2009. The project has been controversial in the East Village neighborhood where 41 Cooper Square is located. Mayne designed the building from the inside out, starting with a central atrium, referred to as a vertical piazza. The atrium plays the role of the public square in the building where social interaction can occur. Its form was created by carving out program space and circulation paths and is contained and accentuated in a steel lattice envelope that reaches the full height of the building.
