Project Details
- Project Name
- The Brearley School
- Architect
- KPMB Architects
- Client/Owner
- The Brearley School
- Project Types
- Education
- Size
- 83,500 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2019
- Shared by
- Juan Brizuela
- Team
-
Marianne McKenna, Partner-in-Charge
Luigi LaRocca, Principal
David Constable, Senior Associate
Lucy Timbers,
Dave Smythe,
Talal Rahmeh,
Thom Seto,
Alistair Grierson,
Ramin Yamin,
Joseph Kan,
Peter Kitchen,
Rafaela Ahsan,
Jessica Juvet,
Carolyn Lee,
- Consultants
-
Structural Engineer: Structural is Entuitive with Thornton Thomasetti ,Lighting Designer: Tillotson Design Associates,Consulting Engineer: Thomas Polise Consulting Engineers,Other: Envelope by Entuitive,Other: Code Consultation by CCI,Audio-visual and Information Technology: TM Technologies,Other: Acoustics (excluding theater) by Longman Lindsey,Other: Theater and theater acoustics by Sound Space Vision,Other: LEED Consultation by Steven Winter Associates,Other: Climate Engineering by Transsolar ,Other: Signage by Entro
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
The Vision for The Brearley School was to imagine a new home that would consolidate the ‘whole’ school and all divisions in one, singular building. After 85 years in its purpose-built premises at 610 East 83rd St., the school had doubled the student body and outgrown its original building. After a study of the options, it was ultimately decided that the preferred route was to ‘add on’ and to build a new 75,000 s.f. building a block away from the original building, at 590 East 83rd Street.
The new 12-storey expansion is conceived as a mini-vertical campus and includes a flexible and multi-purpose learning landscape integrated into the lobby, state-of-the art labs, a large auditorium, a library, a common room and play space. In addition, the building is designed as a LEED Gold teaching tool, allowing students to actively participate in sustainable features, including a green roof to be planted and maintained by the students.
