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Saint David's School
Saint David's School
New York, NY, United States
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Saint David's School
New York, NY, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
Founded in 1951, Saint David’s School enrolls 400 boys in pre-K through 8th grade. Over the years it had grown to occupy three Delano & Aldrich townhouses and portions of Graham House, an adjoining apartment building, in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill Historic District Extension. A third facility located ten blocks away served as its athletic center. PBDW’s master plan to consolidate all programs on a single, expanded footprint had to overcome multiple challenges including approval from the New York Landmarks Commission (LPC), a zoning variance from the Board of Standards & Appeals, and the support of the local community. A compressed construction schedule would be necessary to ensure the School’s continued operation during construction for a maximum of two academic years.
PBDW’s design, which was unanimously approved by the LPC, BS&A and the community board, allowed homerooms of the same grade to be located next to each other and related classrooms to be connected by collaborative common spaces. The plan accommodated three gymnasiums (including a regulation middle school basketball court) and a 300-seat auditorium.
Our scheme also included a new school lobby, a third dining room, consolidated administrative area, libraries for the upper and lower schools designed to meet the different needs of each division, collaborative workspaces, music classrooms and practice rooms, and a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) suite, with art studios and science laboratories arrayed around a STEAM commons.
The completion of the 105,000 SF project has transformed the entire experience of Saint David’s School. Collaborative learning is the norm. The extra dining room has reduced lunch from three periods to two, resulting in greater flexibility for scheduling classes; the new performance space is admired greatly by rival institutions; and with the athletic facilities relocated to a centralized campus, the school day has been shortened by a half hour.
PBDW’s design, which was unanimously approved by the LPC, BS&A and the community board, allowed homerooms of the same grade to be located next to each other and related classrooms to be connected by collaborative common spaces. The plan accommodated three gymnasiums (including a regulation middle school basketball court) and a 300-seat auditorium.
Our scheme also included a new school lobby, a third dining room, consolidated administrative area, libraries for the upper and lower schools designed to meet the different needs of each division, collaborative workspaces, music classrooms and practice rooms, and a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) suite, with art studios and science laboratories arrayed around a STEAM commons.
The completion of the 105,000 SF project has transformed the entire experience of Saint David’s School. Collaborative learning is the norm. The extra dining room has reduced lunch from three periods to two, resulting in greater flexibility for scheduling classes; the new performance space is admired greatly by rival institutions; and with the athletic facilities relocated to a centralized campus, the school day has been shortened by a half hour.
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