City College of New York South Campus Development

**professionalx** · March 3rd, 2008, 11:01 PM

Hey Gulcrapek - any progress on this thing?

I worked occasionally in a neighboring "sick building" (Aaron Davis Hall) and comforted myself every time i walked in & out with "well, at least I'm not in the Y Building." So I was pleased to hear it was being gutted & to see your pics. Is it finished yet?

**Gulcrapek** · June 8th, 2009, 11:37 PM

A bunch from recent months - it was promised and paraded that summer classes would be held here.

Predictably, they delayed it yet again. Four years late now.

From what I've heard and seen from people who have been in the building, it's basically an insult to the students and faculty - cheap, uninspiring, with technical problems.

Today:

A couple of weeks ago

From the south (ASRC excavation in foreground)

Vertical louvers on the west and horizontal louvers on the south will be installed at some point in the future.

**Gulcrapek** · July 20th, 2009, 04:44 PM

Can a mod please change this thread title to CCNY South Campus construction? I feel like making a separate thread for the ASRC would be pointless.

Site of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center a few days ago, south to north:

(School of Arch in background there)

I'll post more info on the ASRC later.

**Hamilton** · July 20th, 2009, 05:01 PM

^^ What was on the site previously? Was it the track and football field? EDIT: It was the site of the track and football field.

Also, that mound of dirt is gargantuan and can be seen for blocks.

A site plan and some renderings from 2006 are in slides 38-42: http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/facultysta...21,%202007.pdf

**Gulcrapek** · July 20th, 2009, 05:14 PM

That site arrangement is old - new plan has the CCNY science building more to the south and Phase 1 being the southern ASRC building, not the northern.

Yeah the Goldman Center field was there, as well as Eisner Hall which was demolished about 6 months ago. Thirty years ago there was also Finley Student Center, Wagner Hall, and Downer Hall on the site.

**Gulcrapek** · July 28th, 2009, 05:34 PM

Ok..

City College Science Building and CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, Phase 1
Architect: Flad Architects; Kohn Pedersen Fox
Floors: 4 and 6 respectively
Purpose: Replacement of inadequate/dangerous Marshak Building with new facilities containing state-of-the-art labs and classrooms, and advanced research facility drawing researchers from companies as well as academic institutions nationwide, respectively
Completion: 2013

The buildings surround a new "quad" north of the Towers dormitory, south of the Architecture Building, and east of the NY Structural Biology Center.

ASRC from northeast

(http://web.cuny.edu/research/Advance...C_RGB_trim.jpg)

View from north

Site Plan

Lobby/lounge

Last 3 photos originally from:

www.kpf.com > Portfolio > By Region > Americas

**NoyokA** · July 29th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Any word on what's going to replace the Marshak?

**ASchwarz** · July 29th, 2009, 03:37 PM

The Marshak isn't going anywhere. It's being renovated.

**NoyokA** · July 29th, 2009, 05:17 PM

That's too bad the Marshak is disgusting. Although the NAC is universally reviled as well, call me weird, I've always liked it, inside and out.

**Gulcrapek** · July 29th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Yes, Marshak has been undergoing repair and renovation (more technical/emergency than architectural, and somewhat ineffective to a degree) and will house the less hands-on science stuff as well as a new science library and Sophie Davis's (biomed) library afterwards. Anchors are in place for the new facade as well.

Stern... I also kinda like the NAC on the outside, in its shape and quirks, but a lot of the interior is a disaster and the sheer number of windowless rooms is unforgivable. At least they're overhauling its HVAC to make those rooms less smelly/toxic.

**Gulcrapek** · September 4th, 2009, 12:43 PM

I'm in the library of the School of Architecture now, which is now the Spitzer School of Architecture. Many photos coming Sunday or Monday.

**ablarc** · September 4th, 2009, 01:59 PM

^ Not THE Spitzer, surely?!

**ZippyTheChimp** · September 4th, 2009, 04:08 PM

Sort of.

The Anne and Bernard Spitzer School of Architecture. His parents.

Son Eliot will be teaching a course in political science at City College this fall.

Not a joke. You can't make up stuff like this.

**Gulcrapek** · September 7th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Most of these are kind of low quality, and need to be rotated a bit..

Main access stair from north. The rust colored steel will supposedly be covered by stainless steel slats.

Third floor east, between studios and atrium

Interior studios facing atrium

Up the atrium from ground floor gallery - bridges converge

Library and balcony

Interior studio, through building

Midtown from the roof

Some of the amphitheatre