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Gensler, WXY, SITU, and others collaborate on 100-page guide for safe social distancing in schools

2020-06-03T14:20:00-04:00

Gensler, WXY, PSF Projects, PBDW, SITU, and Urban Projects Collaborative have come together with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools (LAB) to develop a toolkit that explores ideas for how school layouts and operating procedures might change in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Specifically, the guide is geared toward re-designing the entry sequences at schools to allow for increased coronavirus testing, required social distancing, and for the safe travel between home and school for children. The adaptations are also geared toward reworking the sidewalks and spaces immediately around school entrances in order to accommodate the long lines that will result as new, slower arrival procedures are implemented for students.

Previously on Archinect: "AIA updates pandemic re-occupancy design tools." Photo courtesy of Lincoln Barbour.

Additionally, the guide offers approaches for establishing social distancing within the classroom, ways of providing overhead covering for queuing students, ad...

The Architectural League of New York announces its Beaux Arts Ball 2013 theme: -ism

2013-09-05T18:44:00-04:00

Hey New Yorkers, it's that time of the year again and it's going to be extra special: The Architectural League of New York's annual Beaux Arts Ball at the 69th Regiment Armory is just around the corner, and this year, the event marks the centennial celebration of the iconic 1913 "Armory Show". The League announced Saturday, September 28, as the ball's date and emerging practices SITU STUDIO and Processional Arts Workshop as [...] featured artists to transform the space for one extravagant night.

Event Details

BEAUX ARTS BALL 2013: -ISM
Saturday, September 28, 2013
9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
69th Regiment Armory
Lexington Avenue at 25th Street
New York City

Environment: SITU STUDIO
Performance Installation: Processional Arts Workshop
Music and Sound Installation: Nathan Halpern (with Mary Lattimore and Chris Ruggiero)
DJ Set: Jon Santos
Beer, wine, and light fare

Tickets are $75 in advance; $100 at the door (space permitting). Tickets and a full list of this yearʼs Benefit Committee are available on the Leagueʼs website or by phone at 212.753.1722 x10.

Situ Studio Wins Contest for 2013 Times Square Valentine Heart Design

2013-01-10T15:41:00-05:00

Brooklyn-based design firm Situ Studio is the winner of this year's annual Times Square Valentine Heart Design. Over the last five years, the Times Square Alliance has invited architecture and design firms to submit proposals for a romantic public art installation celebrating Valentine's Day in Times Square. This year's winning design, Situ Studio's Heartwalk, will be unveiled on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, and remain on view until March 8, 2013.