New Settlement Community Campus. Bronx

The New Settlement Community Campus offers a unique model for school development. Through a partnership between Settlement Housing Fund, the New York City Department of Education, and the School Construction Authority, this new campus includes three new schools: a Primary School, an Intermediate/High School, a program for children with special needs, and a Community Center. The schools serve 1,163 students, while the integrated campus also provides a community theater. Highlights of the school include a competition gymnasium, 350-seat auditorium, library/technology hub, cafeteria, and outdoor play yards.

Client: New Settlement Community Campus.
Agency: NYC School Construction Authority.
Program: preK-12th grade school, community center, pool, dance studio, rooftop garden.
Size: 175,000 SF, 5 stories.
Team: Structural Engineering: Silman. Mechanical: Loring. Civil & Geotechnical Engineering: YU & Associates. Landscape: MKW & Associates. Lighting: Jim Conti Lighting.
Photography: David Sundberg/ ESTO.
Awards: AIA New York State, Excelsior Award for Public Architecture, 2014. Boston Society of Architects, Educational Facilities Design Citation, 2013. Society of American Registered Architects, Pennsylvania Council Award, 2013. Society of American Registered Architects, New York Council Award of Honor, 2013.