The New School’s New Center Opens Up
Designed by Lyn Rice Architects, the 32,800-square-foot “urban quad” for Parsons The New School for Design has just opened. Lyn Rice, who was part of the team behind the popular art destination Dia:Beacon, used skylight-covered public program spaces, exhibition galleries, learning centers, a futuristic, compact auditorium and chartreuse-accented offices in his design for The New School to assure students and faculty will cross paths frequently, with the hope that spontaneity will help trigger all sorts of creative ideas and exchanges and/or curious stares and glances from first years you we’re hoping to never bump into again.
Students and faculty at work in the Johnson Design Center will probably have their share of curious onlookers, due to full-length windows that face Fifth Avenue and East 13th Street. So all you Parsoners better smile and look happy ( just imagine Tim Gunn just accepted his old job back) . Passersby on Fifth can see a wall-size digital photo, a wooden model, video footage and color photos of the park pavilion built near the Catskill Mountains by 11 New School students over a 10-week stretch last year as part of a design workshop
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Jess Vuong | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
in my opinion, the design is a huge mess.. like.. whats up with the wall of that girls face.. and the comic strips.. sometimes not matching to match doesnt match..
whatever, we have working elevators now! yes!