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Private Tour: The New School University Center

Join the AIANY Interiors Committee for a private guided tour of the recently completed 16 story, 375,000-square-foot mixed use University Center designed by partner Roger Duffy at SOM. The building makes a striking, bold presence on three sides of its corner location with large bands of glass outlining exposed stairways flowing down three sides of the building, contrasting the bronze-toned metal of the building’s façade.

On the interior, large open spaces for collaborative learning are provided for academic and social engagement by students and faculty along with design studios, laboratories, interdisciplinary classrooms, an 800 seat auditorium, large cafeteria as well as housing for 600 students on the top nine floors. A green roof garden and café surround the library-research center’s seventh floor, which redefines the role of a university library in the digital age. The projected Gold LEED building will serve as a teaching tool for programs in architecture and design, environmental studies and sustainability management.

Tour Guides
Lia Gartner, FAIA, LEED AP, The New School Vice President for Design, Construction and Facilities Management. Gartner has overseen the university’s capital construction and building management operations since 2004. Earlier, she was responsible for design and construction at CUNY’s 19 campuses. Gartner’s architectural experience includes work with I. M. Pei, Johnson Burgee, Ulrich Franzen and her own private practice. She has taught architecture design and theory at NJIT, Columbia University, CUNY and NYIT. She holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Columbia and a BA from Harvard.
Colin Koop, AIA, Associate Director, SOM
Koop was the Senior Designer on the University Center project. He has a master’s from Harvard University.











When: Sat., Jan. 25, 2014 at 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Where: Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl.
212-683-0023
Price: $5
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Join the AIANY Interiors Committee for a private guided tour of the recently completed 16 story, 375,000-square-foot mixed use University Center designed by partner Roger Duffy at SOM. The building makes a striking, bold presence on three sides of its corner location with large bands of glass outlining exposed stairways flowing down three sides of the building, contrasting the bronze-toned metal of the building’s façade.

On the interior, large open spaces for collaborative learning are provided for academic and social engagement by students and faculty along with design studios, laboratories, interdisciplinary classrooms, an 800 seat auditorium, large cafeteria as well as housing for 600 students on the top nine floors. A green roof garden and café surround the library-research center’s seventh floor, which redefines the role of a university library in the digital age. The projected Gold LEED building will serve as a teaching tool for programs in architecture and design, environmental studies and sustainability management.

Tour Guides
Lia Gartner, FAIA, LEED AP, The New School Vice President for Design, Construction and Facilities Management. Gartner has overseen the university’s capital construction and building management operations since 2004. Earlier, she was responsible for design and construction at CUNY’s 19 campuses. Gartner’s architectural experience includes work with I. M. Pei, Johnson Burgee, Ulrich Franzen and her own private practice. She has taught architecture design and theory at NJIT, Columbia University, CUNY and NYIT. She holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Columbia and a BA from Harvard.
Colin Koop, AIA, Associate Director, SOM
Koop was the Senior Designer on the University Center project. He has a master’s from Harvard University.

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