The Juliana Curran Terian Pratt Pavilion is a new focal point for the
Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, New York. The Pavilion will be
used by Pratt students and faculty to showcase work from the
Institute’s various arts programs. Clad with stainless steel, and
suspended between two existing industrial loft buildings on the main
Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, New York, the project includes a
glass entry area for the Pavilion and its neighbors, Steuben Hall and
Pratt Studios. The new Design Center created by joining all three
buildings houses 200,000 square feet of Institute programs. The
overall new construction for the Pavilion and its auxiliary areas
including the glass entrance and a new circulation bridge to the south,
comprise 10,000 square feet. Behind the Pavilion, a new courtyard
makes an outdoor room for informal meetings and classes in warm weather.
The Pavilion is clad with hand-finished stainless steel panels by Milgo
Bufkin steel fabricators. The front façade faces north, toward the
main Institute quadrangle and is all glass, with screens that pull down
for rear projection to the campus, or to fully darken the space for
showing slides or videos. The Pavilion will be mainly used as a
gallery and for Institute receptions. To the south the Pavilion bridge
ramps east and west creating a circulation zone that connects Pratt
Pavilion, Steuben, and Pratt Studios. The bridge overlooks the new
central courtyard.