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A palette of neutral colors and simple materials is maintained throughout the building with copious use of glass, steel, concrete, bamboo, and only shades of white and eight grey tones. Polished concrete covers 95 percent of the floors from the reception area (opposite top) and second floor corridor bordering private offices (right) to the Digital Arts Galle (above) and Digital Arts Lab (opposite bottom).
Designing a school for artists and architects is uniquely complex. Add in the requirement of constructing a green building in the midst of a tight urban site within a modest budget, and the design dilemma is compounded tenfold. However, when New York-based architecture firm WASA/Studio A was commissioned by Pratt Institute to design a new home for its Digital Arts department and bring under one roof student services and administrative offices, the design team was up to the challenge. WASA/Studio A partner-in-charge Jack Esterson led the design efforts on this project near and dear to his heart. Esterson not only attended Pratt, taught there, and
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