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LOCATION: New York
Apollo Theater & Performing Arts Center

Javits Center - Facility Expansion

School of American Ballet

Union Square North

Westchester Community College

Academic Building at John Jay College, City University of New York

Academic Science Building 1 at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York

Public Farm One

West 23rd Horizen Tower

Battery Park City Parks Conservancy Maintenance Facility

Sara Delano Roosevelt House at Hunter College, City University of New York

Buffalo Life Sciences Complex

Integrated Sciences Building at SUNY Geneseo

Morimoto

Baseball Hall of Fame

Bellevue Hospital Center Ambulatory Care Facility and Inpatient Facility Renovation

Historic Preservation Services for DCAS

Rodale Publishers

Stewart Air Traffic Control Tower

AOL Time Warner Centre

New York Hall of Science Addition

Wagner School of Public Service, New York University

47 East 91st St.

7 World Trade Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Comprehensive Opiod Treatment Center

Interim PATH Station

Simon Wiesenthal New York Tolerance Center

The United Nations

Zion Baptist Church

Grant Street Administration Building

Prada Soho

Youth Teen Center

Gagosian Gallery

491-495 West Street

Korean Mission

SUNY Binghamton Academic Buildings & Research Greenhouse

PS 166 Modernization

Medical Research Complex, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Trump International Hotel and Condominiums

AT&T Annex

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Marriott Marquis

SONY Building

Uris Library, Cornell University

Lake Placid Fieldhouse

Corning Museum of Glass

Sherman Fairchild Center for the Life Sciences, Columbia University

World Trade Center

Security Enhancements


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New York Hall of Science Addition

Flushing Queens, NY

The New York Hall of Science provides a hands-on opportunity for the community to experience science and technology. In an ongoing effort to improve their facilities, the Hall of Science, in collaboration with the City of New York Department of Design and Construction, the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, undertook the second phase expansion for the master plan for the Hall of Science. The project consists of an addition to the Harrison and Abramovitz structure designed for the 1964 World’s Fair . This 72,000 sf (6,700 sm ) addition provides expanded space for permanent and temporary exhibits, as well as exhibition preparation and shop facilities.

The Hall of Science features the ‘Hall of Light’, an exposed steel structure that spans a day-lighted 225 ft x 50 ft (70 m x 15 m) exhibit hall. The structural challenge was to devise a form for the exposed structure, which would complement the architect’s vision, reflect the structure-as-exhibit desire of the Hall of Science, and meet the budget constraints for this public project.
Client:
NYC Department of Design & Construction

Architect:
The Polshek Partnership

Location:
Flushing Queens, NY

Gross Floor Area:
72,000 sf / 6,700 sm

Awards:
· Merit Award, AIA New York State, 2005
· BE Award of Excellence from Bentley Systems, 2005
· Cultural Project of the Year, The Construction Management Association, 2005
· First Prize for Public Building, Queens Chamber of Commerce, 2004
· Award for Excellence in Design, The Art Commission of the City of New York, 2001