Stuyvesant High School (1992) *

Artist/Designer: Alex Cooper and Jaquelin T. Robertson

Project Location: New York, United States

Figure 1: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Waylonlu, New York – Stuyvesant High School. 2002, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Patrick Harbron )

Figure 2: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Education Next – Stuyvesant High School. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Patrick Harbron )

Figure 3: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Education Next – Stuyvesant High School. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Unknwon )

Figure 4: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Metro, New York – Stuyvesant High School. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )

Figure 5: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Waylonlu, New York – Stuyvesant High School. 2002, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Waylon Lu )

Figure 6: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Unknown, New York – Stuyvesant High School. 2002, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : November 8, 2013 | Photographer: Cooper Robertson & Partners and Gruzen Samton Steinglass )

Figure 7: Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Wikimedia – Jones/Ginzel. 1992, Digital Image. ( Source | Photographer: Jones/Ginzel )

Figure 8: Concert Hall, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Stuyvesant HighSchool Web Page. 2019, Digital Image. ( Source | Photographer: Stuyvesant High )

Figure 9: Entrance, Stuyvesant High School. Source: Wikimedia. 2013, Digital Image. ( Source | Photographer: Unknown )

Style/Period(s):
Post Modern

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Concrete, Steel, Brick, Color

Function(s):
Classroom, Education

Related Website(s):

Herbert Muschamp 1993 NYT Review of Stuyvesant HS | Accessed : February 9, 2020

AIA Design Award listing | Accessed : February 9, 2020

Moonan Review of 1994 AIA Design Awards | Accessed : February 9, 2020

Wikipedia Architecture Firm Cooper Robertson | Accessed : February 9, 2020

Lighting Designers | Accessed : February 9, 2020

U.S. Best High School | Accessed : January 8, 2019

Stuyvesant HighSchool Web Page | Accessed : January 8, 2019

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1989, 1992

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Gyure, Dale Allen "The Schoolroom: A Social History of Teaching and Learning" 2018 ABC-CLIO California

AIA Guide to New York City 2010
By Norval White, Elliot Willensky, Fran Leadon, American Institute of Architects. New York Chapter

Wright, Gordon. "Prestigious school reaches new heights: an unusual building on an unusual site provides a new home for Stuyvesant High School's 2,800 students in New York City." Building Design & Construction, February 1994, 30+. Gale Academic OneFile (accessed February 9, 2020). https://link-gale-com.libproxy.newschool.edu/apps/doc/A14846156/AONE?u=nysl_me_newsch&sid=AONE&xid=569d4ab2.

'Simulated City'
Progressive Architecture; New York Vol. 75, Iss. 5, (May 1994): 64.
(Former) Stuyvesant High School, 345 East 15th Street (aka 331-351 East 15th Street and 326-344 East 16th Street), Manhattan : built 1905-07 ; C.B.J. Snyder, Superintendent of School Buildings, architect ; landmark site: Borough of Manhattan tax map block, lot 8 : [report]
New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission.
New York, N.Y. : The Commission ; 1997 - New York Historical Society Main Collection (NA108.N4 LP-1958 Non-circulating )

Significant Dates: Formerly on 15th Street 1907 to 1992, New Construction 1989 to 1992, Opening 1992

Designers/Building team
Owner: New York City Board of
Education
Architect: Cooper, Robertson &
Partners; Gruzen Samton
Steinglass (associate architect)
Structural engineer: Severud
Associates
Mechanical/electrical engineer:
Cosentini Associates
Construction manager: W.J.
Barney Corp./M&T
General information
Area: 402,000 gross square feet
Number of floors: 10
Construction time: May 1989 to Sept. 1992
Cost: $149 million

Building Address: 345 Chambers St, New York, NY 10282

Tags: Classroom, Education, Postmodernism, Cooper Robertson Architects

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