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little red
elisabeth
irwin
school
By John Czarnecki
Photography by
Durston Saylor
Architect Andrew Bartle
created a new courtyard by
removing elements of existing
structures and adding a new
arts pavilion. While the school
is in a tight urban location,
the courtyard provides an
indoor-outdoor connection
for students.
The Little Red Elisabeth Irwin (LREI) School has built a reputation
as an exemplary, progressive private school serving students from
pre-kindergarten through high school in downtown Manhattan.
But a decade ago, the school faced a predicament. The high school
was not attracting the students to continue on from the lower
grades within LREI. High school students were in a tired, older
building on Charlton Street just west of SoHo, a few blocks from
a much newer building in Greenwich Village housing the lower
grades. With stagnating high school enrollment due, in part, to
the outdated building, the board of trustees elected to modernize
and expand the high school in a process that would take seven
years to complete.
New York architect Andrew Bartle and his firm ABA Studio
were given the heady charge to expand the well-known school on
a landlocked site in a landmark district, and reconsider the interiors.
"Our design brought a sense of community by creating new public
spaces, and a new visual identity, along with the needed increase in
classrooms," says Bartle. "These public gestures were necessary
to keep the school's mission vibrant and clear."
A new image for the school
The high school structure-originally built as an Episcopal
school in 1912-had become worn after use by LREI for many
years. In 2008, LREI acquired a neighboring townhouse, built
in the 1840s. But the economy collapsed that same year just after
the renovation and associated fundraising began. Bartle worked
with the school to proceed with the renovations and additions
in five phases over multiple years as the school continued to operate.
The design incorporates the townhouse, renovates the interiors
of both buildings, adds 22,000 square feet of additional space,
and, importantly, makes the school highly attractive in the New York
market with active, adaptable learning spaces. As a result,
the high school's enrollment has reached 255 students, while
it had been about 150 before the renovation.
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Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Strategic Services as a Tide to Lift All Boats
Product Focus: Mobile Learning
Product Briefs
Knoll Houston Showroom
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Little Red Elisabeth Irwin School
University of Chicago Saieh Hall for Economics
Teach for America
Designers Select: Lighting
Sources
Ad Index
Installation: Shimmering Futures
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