CCNY + APRHS STEM Annex

The CCNY STEM Annex is a small addition of classrooms and library to the A.P. Randolf HS, located in the heart of CCNY’s campus. The architecture connects the lobby of the high school with the terrace of CCNY’s Marshak Science Center. The proposal expresses the robust structural effort to support the classroom boxes within the truss bridge. 

Each classroom is built from a prefabricated module that nests within the truss bridge. Only the bridge and the mechanical deck below the classrooms are built on site. Programmatically, the building maintains a linear and vertical extension which allow passerby’s to walk freely on the lawn below. The parallel run of walkway and classrooms permits break-off points for students to meet and study between class hours. As you enter the annex from the lobby, you walk up the corridor passing by the library, then the class rooms, culminating at the research laboratory. 

The modules used within the design accommodate for the various programatic needs. Gathering space modules have a higher ceiling which allows light to break through over the adjacent classrooms. The partitions between the classroom and the pathway are prefabricated panels that incorporate shelving, seating and glazing to allow western light into the classroom. All of the mechanical and electrical systems within the building are run through the underbelly of the bridge which allows the modules to be placed with ease. 

The linear connection enhances the integration of the high school students with the college students. By opening up the roof access of the science department to the high school students and topographically opening up the yard below the bridge to the public integrates the high school campus with the college campus to achieve an urban unity between the schools. 

Location:

Harlem, NY

Type:

Academic Wing

Project Date:

Spring 2016

Team:

Brett Barshay + Johannah Deegan

Professor:

Pablo De Miguel