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Arcat Detailed Podcast Episode
38: Curtain Wall Bay Window | The Cooke School & Institute
48m 54s |
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Ray Dovell, AIA, Founding Partner and Erica Gaswirth, AIA, Senior Associate at PBDW Architects in New York City. Ray and Erica share their experience working on The Cooke School & Institute in New York City. The new Cooke School is an uplifting design that elevates the experience of the special-needs students who call it home.
With abundant glazing and colored glass, the school is a bright and vibrant addition to the neighborhood. Channel glass lining the first floor illuminates the pavement during the evenings while providing privacy to the interior spaces. Evocative bay windows break down the long façade into a more human scale. They were sculpted in multiple directions to create visual interest and movement across the façade. The projection creates reading alcoves in the classrooms, furnished with millwork benches. Perched in the bay, students have open views, where they can feel like they are floating above the busy street below.
This project has unique challenges and opportunities - a unique program called for instructional spaces that are specific to Cooke’s pedagogy, unforeseen soil conditions required a complete redesign of the foundation during construction, standardized classrooms created efficiency for cost and construction, and much more.
With abundant glazing and colored glass, the school is a bright and vibrant addition to the neighborhood. Channel glass lining the first floor illuminates the pavement during the evenings while providing privacy to the interior spaces. Evocative bay windows break down the long façade into a more human scale. They were sculpted in multiple directions to create visual interest and movement across the façade. The projection creates reading alcoves in the classrooms, furnished with millwork benches. Perched in the bay, students have open views, where they can feel like they are floating above the busy street below.
This project has unique challenges and opportunities - a unique program called for instructional spaces that are specific to Cooke’s pedagogy, unforeseen soil conditions required a complete redesign of the foundation during construction, standardized classrooms created efficiency for cost and construction, and much more.
Topics Discussed:
Terracotta Rainscreen
Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Systems
Channel Glass
Dens Glass
Colored Glass
Centria Insulated Metal Panel
Porcelain Tile
Acoustic Sheet Vinyl Flooring
Photos:
Credit: Francis Dzikowski
Terracotta Rainscreen
Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Systems
Channel Glass
Dens Glass
Colored Glass
Centria Insulated Metal Panel
Porcelain Tile
Acoustic Sheet Vinyl Flooring
Photos:
Credit: Francis Dzikowski
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