Educational Interior Design | Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service | New York University | New York | SubenDougherty Architecture + Design

The new home for the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service occupies 2 floors, approximating 46,000 square feet, in the Puck Building, a commanding landmark in Soho and one of the city’s true architectural gems. The building’s open floors presented SubenDougherty with a uniquely challenging interior and spectacular open loft space filled with exquisite architectural vestiges of its 1860-1880 origins, yet they offered a minimum of existing usable infrastructure and two masonry bearing walls, that run perpendicular to the length of the building, divide each floor into three distinct zones.

The ultimate architectural challenge was to delicately weave the school’s complex program into this extraordinary space and not compromise the Puck’s signature openness........more

School Interior Design | BSF Sheffield | Newfield and Talbot SEN School | UK | HLM Architects

" The interior design strategy had to meet the needs of both schools. Newfield desired a corporate environment, whilst certain areas within Talbot required a more informal, relaxed and domestic environment.

We achieved this by centering the scheme around a base palette of materials containing neutral tones, carried throughout both schools, enhanced in specific areas with departmental graphics, accent wall colours and floor designs. This forms an identity for departments and aids wayfinding for pupils, visitors and staff. The implementation of colour, imagery and simple lettering/numbering creates a wayfinding system that accounts for all users with a range of abilities......more

College Interior Design | The Creative Media Centre for the City University of Hong Kong | Studio Daniel Libeskind

The interior of the nine-story, 263,000-square-foot structure, which serves approximately 2,000 students and 500 faculty and staff members and houses a variety of public programs, builds on this idea. Each space, whether self-contained or open, is a unique shape. Many of the walls slope or slice through space. Asymmetrical windows cut into the walls of interior lecture halls, classrooms and computer labs. Flowing around and among these and the building’s myriad other facilities – sound stages, recording studios, screening rooms, exhibit and performance spaces, a multipurpose theater and other discrete areas – are “interactive spaces.” More expansive than traditional passageways, but more intimate than formal classrooms, they are designed to encourage impromptu exchanges and spontaneous collaboration. An abundance of natural light throughout further enhances the spirit of limitless possibility and outside-the-box thinking.......more

School Interior Design | Gjerdrum Secondary School | Gjerdrum | Norway | Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter

The school is designed within a relatively compact building-structure. The roof is shaped as though the terrain is “folded up” from the ground, creating a powerful and encompassing dimension compared to the large surrounding landscape. The school- functions are gathered under the overarching roof-structure. An open landscape made up by smaller buildings, as “houses within the house”, creates a rich inner atmosphere.........more

Reception Interior Design | London School Of Economics | London | Design Engine

Design Engine have completed the remodelling of the main reception of the Old Building, off Houghton Street, WC2. This is the main entrance foyer to the LSE and its famous Theatre, which was in need of a major transformation to meet current security, access and wayfinding improvements. The project, which was won in competition, includes a new green room for the theatre, toilets, reception and split-level waiting areas. Central to the scheme are glass cabinets, which clad the existing walls, offering information, signage and inspirational extracts from luminaries’ speeches given from the theatre...........more

School Interior Design | Hargrave Park Primary School | London | Leit Werk

Commission by London Borough of Islington for refurbishment and rationalisation of a new Children's Centre.

The site includes the entire ground floor area of Hargrave Park Primary School, a three to four storey Victorian brick building located within a conservation area. The objective of the brief was to provide, by means of refurbishment and rationalisation a new welcoming and stimulating 'creative environment' for the establishment of a new Children's Centre. .........more

BMW Group Local Brand Academy | Munich | Dan Pearlman

After the outstanding experiences from the first brand academy in Munich, a local brand academy was set up in England to meet the particular requirements of this market. In the home country of the old MINI, this new academy now imparts fascination for the brands of the BMW Group to all employees and dealers. Other markets such as Russia and France followed soon......more

School Interior Design | St Mary's Primary School | Greensborough | Victoria | Australia | Smith + Tracey Architects

This new building is an engaging learning environment for the students of St Mary’s. The sustainable solutions within the fit-out have provided a fresh, light environment which will contribute to the well being of students and staff. Completed 2010.....more

Graduate Aerospace Laboratories | Caltech | Pasadena | California | John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Change: Housed in a historically-protected structure originally designed by Bertand Goodhue in 1921, the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) has accomplished some of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in the history of aeronautics. This 33,000 square foot renovation of the department’s laboratories, conference rooms, and common spaces acknowledges these past achievements while also suggesting the multitude of exciting directions for its future.

Inspiration: To bring relevance and meaning to the project’s spaces, the design employs some of the same concepts, processes, and sophisticated technologies used in the department’s widely varied and interdisciplinary research. The results are joyful, creative environments that encourage interaction, teamwork, and the free flow of ideas.........more

Cafateria Interior At Applemore College | Southampton, UK | SHH

Tight-budget spatial transformation of a Southampton secondary school dining area as a trial project for UK government body The School Food Trust (in close consultation with The Sorrell Foundation). The new graphic-led 'streetwise' dining concept united previously disjointed spaces, helped the servery and queueing system to function better. External spill-out furniture included belisha beacons set into screeded-off concrete stools.....more

Educational Interior Design | Blij-Land nursery Designed By Rocha Tombal Architecten

Blij-Land nursery
2007-2008

The Childcare centre presents itself to the passenger through a giant show window. The playroom functions as a “street” next to a street with the long glass wall in between. The entrance distinguishes itself by its dark inside, like a cut volume. Here, the children can draw their own sketches on the anthracite walls. Entered inside one discovers a clear long closet wall across the width of the building. Here, coats, shoes and baskets are stored. Through small openings one catches a glimpse of what is happening inside and discovers that each group by means of different colours has its own identity. This identity is reinforced by the glass display case next to the entrances of the various group areas, where the children devise their own themes to present to the parents.
Behind the closet wall, the protected group areas are located on the garden side. Separate playing areas are formed by elevated stages, from where the children can behold the world through their own “castle”.....more

Educational Interior Design | University of South Australia Future Learning Space | Woods Bagot

The School of Engineering at the University of South Australia came to Woods Bagot with the ambition of creating a learning environment for the newly created combined ‘Foundation Studies’ in engineering, where four streams of 1st year students are introduced to the breadth of the field of Engineering through a range of collaborative, cross - disciplinary and sometimes competitive projects.

Whilst the school had not developed a brief of what this space might look like, they were convinced that if they were to attract and retain the right students, it would have to be a space where students were able to explore, discuss, search, study and socialise and where they would feel valued as Engineering students.

Woods Bagot worked with the School of Engineering to articulate the ambitions for the project in a ‘project vision’ which then, in effect, became the design brief. The space we have designed in response to that brief is an exciting, flexible work space made up of a number of zones, each enabling different learning modes, the whole facilitating the new pedagogies the school wishes to explore. The next step is working with the University to develop the future learning environment concept to meet the needs of other schools and campuses.....more

Schlumberger Doll Research Research | Cambridge | Massachusetts | TRO-JB

An integral part of the design for this research facility was to create showcase labs which have transparent glass walls allowing spectator viewing from several vantage points. Architectural gestures such as sloping walls, shifting forms, and a layering of materials implies a dynamic movement of tectonics. Copper, slate, tile, wood and polished granite are some of the repeated textures and materials that accent an earth-toned palette....more

Educational Interior | University of Nevada - Las Vegas, New Student Union | Ellerbe Becket

This new facility serves as a hub of dynamic campus and community activity, supporting UNLV’s goal of becoming a more residential campus. Major project design goals were to provide appropriate spaces for cultural, educational, social and recreational programs; and to enrich the overall “college experience” for students by increasing student organization space, increasing lounge and social space, increasing brand name food offerings, upgrading technology, improving landscaping and integrating security.

Ellerbe Becket provided programming, interior design and full engineering services, in association with Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects of Las Vegas.....more

College Interior By Alsop | Sharp Centre for Design / OCAD

Toronto, Canada
Project Status: Completed 2004
GFA (sqm): 7,800
Client: Ontario College of Art and Design

A distinctive cultural force in Ontario, OCAD’s impetus to expand comes with a growing recognition at national level of the contribution of the creative industries to Canada’s modern economy. The decision to employ Alsop was based upon a significant track record in the design of cultural buildings of enduring effectiveness and appeal which also offered iconic representation of the client body as the school enters a new age.

Following the appointment to the project, Alsop instigated a series of client workshops in which early concepts were developed with college staff and students. During this time, conventional ideas of teaching, learning and architecture were explored as the group sought to redefine their new college of art and design. The participants of the workshops exchanged sketches and ideas that lead to the development of a basic strategy. These original ideas are embodied in the final scheme, a flying, translucent rectangle or ‘table top’ vividly patterned with a colourful pixellated skin, raised eight storeys from the ground and housing the new Faculty of Design.

The project unifies the existing brick structures beneath the ‘table top’, the park to the west and McCaul Street to the east. Views to the park are preserved for OCAD’s neighbours across McCaul Street, who participated in the consultation process. The park will also benefit from the area’s regeneration and, restored, will be the home to contemporary sculpture and school events.

Programming works in collaboration with OCAD and Alsop have accommodated all the elements of a complex client group. In addition to the teaching and administrative spaces the project also incorporates gallery spaces, design and research centres, lounge and meeting rooms, specific craft and metalwork workshops and design critique spaces.

The college satisfies its aspirations to revive a neglected area of town by inviting in the public to visit galleries and cafe spaces in the new building. OCAD contributes distinctive design and revived public areas, internal and external to this quarter of the city.....more

Kindergarten Interior | Kindergarten Sighartstein,Land Salzburg | kadawittfeldarchitektur

The concept of the “kindergarten-in-motion” includes the surrounding area of unspoilt nature. The building can be explored in different ways by a vertical and horizontal three-dimensional network. The design of the building is developed from two horizontal layers that surround a central hall and courtyard. The two L- and U-shaped levels result in an open, multilayer structure. They become the floor, ceiling, roof and gallery for the rooms of the kindergarten, and outside they form a terrace and playground “ramp.” The spatial structure creates new views and invites the children to move within indoor and outdoor areas. The central hall is multifunctional, and the patio and the dining hall can be opened so the outdoor area can “flow” deep into the building.

 Location:
Sighartstein, Land Salzburg (AT)
Construction Volume:
GFA 957 m², cubature 3962 m³
Client:
Stadt Neumarkt
Realization:
2007 -
Competition:
2004 - 1st Prize

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Educational Interior | Toni Stabile Student Center | Graduate School of Journalism | Columbia University New York | Marble Fairbanks

This project is an alternative configuration for the public spaces of the Graduate School of Journalism and an addition to the building that sensitively responds to the McKim, Mead, & White context. Included in the project are spaces for the Journalism Library, the offices of the Columbia Journalism Review, assorted faculty and administrative offices, and classroom space. Central to the proposal is the introduction of several new spaces to serve as a social and intellectual center for the School: a multipurpose “social hub” for student-faculty interaction as well as larger meetings with visitors to the school, and a more informal student lounge space and cafe.
The social hub accommodates a diverse range of programs: study space for students in between classes, meeting space for students and faculty, informal presentation space for visitors from the journalism industry, and other such communal event spaces for the Journalism School. The cafe/lounge is intended to be a louder, more informal space for the School’s students, complete with plasma screens and LED signage that will broadcast the news to patrons. Its site at the formerly outdoor space between Journalism and Furnald allows it to engage the campus environment while also remaining within the School of Journalism. A transparent glass structure is proposed to give the School a more active presence on its entry plaza.
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