The founders of the Blue Man Group selected our firm to design a space for the Blue Man Creativity Center, an innovative pre-k program. After walking the clients through possibilities at several sites, the decision was made to construct the school in an empty space in a newly built building on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The firm's goal was to design a space conducive to personal expression and exploration. Included in the design was a "soft room": a physically challenging, highly interactive space designed to encourage children to express themselves through movement and promote the development of gross motor skills.