East New York Family Academy
The East New York Family Academy is a new 88,000 SF public middle and high school designed and built for the New York City School Construction Authority. The new 5-story school building will house 602 students.
At five stories, the vertical block pushes higher than the surrounding residential structures, without overwhelming the scale of the neighborhood.
The play area design was built to create a buffer between the busier Linden Avenue and the main volumes of the school.
The entry node creates a focal point to guide students to each quadrant of the school. A reflective sculpture by Graham Caldwell shimmers with movement throughout the corridors
Art credits:
Graham Caldwell
East NY Family Academy, Brooklyn
Collection of the NYC Department of Education, Public Art for Public Schools
Classroom design emphasized maximizing natural light, using ceiling height windows as much as possible.
The public and communal programs are located on the ground floor, and as the users move up the building, individual classroom programs increase.
Circulation Diagram
Floors are organized by variations of the school color.
Rendering showing main entrance set in from the street to provide gathering space.
Main circulation and public/communal programs are differentiated from individual classrooms by façade articulations.
Location Plan
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
- Client
- NYC SCA
- Typology
- Schools, Sustainable , Institutional
- Size
- 88,000 SF
- Design Team
- Jonathan Marvel, Craig Kim
