The Lawrenceville School Gruss Center for Art and Design
THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL GRUSS CENTER FOR ART AND DESIGN
Sasaki
AREA
17000 m²
YEAR
2020
CATEGORY
Schools
ARCHITECTS
Sasaki
PHOTOGRAPHS
Jane Messinger
LOCATION
Lawrence Township, United States
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
RSE Associates Inc
CIVIL ENGINEER
Reynolds Group
MANUFACTURERS
Cupa Pizarras, Cupaclad, Tremco, Assa Abloy, Firestone Building Products, Glen-Gery, Kawneer, Teknion, Viracon
MANUFACTURERS
Alcotex, Dorma, WR Meadows
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
V.J. Scozzari & Sons
LIGHTING
HLB Lighting Design
PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
Vinicius Gorgati
PROJECT LEADER
Marta Guerra-Pastrián, Lucilla Rosso
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Andrew Gutterman, Radhika Mahan
MEP/FP
VanZelm
AV
Acentech
PROJECT ARCHTIECT
Robert Genova, Grace Tsai Lehrbach
The Gruss Center for Art and Design is a new 21st-century student learning center and maker space at The Lawrenceville School that bridges museum space and the school’s visual arts studios.
The strategy for enclosure responds to this new typology with simple, neutral materials that allow for transparency and student engagement with the activities happening inside.
Today’s shift in educational paradigm centers on project-based learning to promote cross-disciplinary teaching.
Students realize their potential world impact by making things with their hands and fostering their creativity through group collaboration. The project aims to nurture this hands-on culture.
Work-focused spaces are organized across three levels and include a forum for student engagement, wood and metal shops, clean labs, print and seminar rooms, and large storage areas.
The “flex room”, which floats over the forum, is a 2,000-square-foot space that can be divided to suit a variety of needs.
