High School of Art and Design (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
East 56th Street, 245
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
World / United States / New York
school, commercial building
11-story school and commercial building completed in 2014. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and SCLE, it replaces the former school buildings on the site (the old PS 59 and High School of Art and Design), along with a 4-story band of retail space and a new residential tower at the east end of the block. The two new schools (officially named Beekman Hill International elementary school and the High School of Art and Design) can accommodate more students than the old buildings, and were erected by the developer of the tower, which was completed two years later. The lower school houses 700 students, and the high school 1,400. The elementary and high school are completely separate, sharing only the 500-seat auditorium. The main retail space houses a Whole Foods market.
The facades are clad in white and black metal paneling and glass, in Mondrian-like abstract groupings. The lower two floors are recessed on 56th Street, with the high school's entrance near the center, while the elementary school entrance is at the west end, through a 3,000-square-foot gated plaza where elementary kids can gather and queue. There is a loading dock at the east end of the ground floor, where it joined the base of the residential tower.
White metal panels outline rectangles of various sizes on the upper floors (a couple are outlined in black), each filled by black metal panels and bands of windows of varying widths. There is a prominent setback above the 6th floor, and shallower setbacks above the 9th, 10th, & 11th floor, with mechanical penthouses extending above the top floor.
The north facade on 57th Street houses the commercial space with the Whole Foods market. It occupies the lower two floors, where the cladding is of grey metal and glass, contrasting with the white and black of the upper floors. The ground floor continues west as a 1-story extension to the end of the lot line, enclosing the plaza to its south. There is a setback above the 5th floor, with a lower rooftop playground at the east end. The west part of the building continues to the upper floors, with a black metal section at the 8th-9th floors projecting out slightly to the east.
The west elevation is clad primarily in white panels, with three smaller areas of black, and has some bands of windows near the center, surrounded by smaller groups of paired or single windows.
The High School of Art and Design was founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art. Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted.
The facades are clad in white and black metal paneling and glass, in Mondrian-like abstract groupings. The lower two floors are recessed on 56th Street, with the high school's entrance near the center, while the elementary school entrance is at the west end, through a 3,000-square-foot gated plaza where elementary kids can gather and queue. There is a loading dock at the east end of the ground floor, where it joined the base of the residential tower.
White metal panels outline rectangles of various sizes on the upper floors (a couple are outlined in black), each filled by black metal panels and bands of windows of varying widths. There is a prominent setback above the 6th floor, and shallower setbacks above the 9th, 10th, & 11th floor, with mechanical penthouses extending above the top floor.
The north facade on 57th Street houses the commercial space with the Whole Foods market. It occupies the lower two floors, where the cladding is of grey metal and glass, contrasting with the white and black of the upper floors. The ground floor continues west as a 1-story extension to the end of the lot line, enclosing the plaza to its south. There is a setback above the 5th floor, with a lower rooftop playground at the east end. The west part of the building continues to the upper floors, with a black metal section at the 8th-9th floors projecting out slightly to the east.
The west elevation is clad primarily in white panels, with three smaller areas of black, and has some bands of windows near the center, surrounded by smaller groups of paired or single windows.
The High School of Art and Design was founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art. Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_of_Art_and_Design
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°45'33"N 73°57'58"W
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- South Bronx High School 7.9 km
- Forest Hills High School 11 km
- St. Joseph's School 13 km
- Herbert H. Lehman High School 14 km
- Sutton Place 0.2 km
- Turtle Bay 0.5 km
- Lenox Hill 0.9 km
- Roosevelt Island 1.3 km
- Midtown (Manhattan, NY) 1.9 km
- Upper East Side 2 km
- Manhattan 2.4 km
- Western Queens 6.5 km
- Queens 14 km
- The Palisades 23 km
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