The Urban Ed Experience Goes Vertical
Schools in urban locations present a set of design challenges that institutions with more expansive campuses don’t typically see. City schools often occupy compact sites with tight footprints and so their needs and challenges are often space-related. The most obvious solution to those challenges is to grow vertically, and design firms across the country are helping schools do that, alleviating space and budget constraints by adding additional levels of classrooms to existing buildings and creating usable rooftop spaces. To learn more about the design challenges urban schools face, we recently interviewed Sara Grant, AIA, LEED AP, a partner with the architecture firm MBB Architects. Ms. Grant spoke about her firm’s work on a number of independent and public education school projects across Manhattan. These schools tasked MBB with expanding their academic  recreational facilities and providing thoughtful additions to their teaching spaces. For these clients, the architects at MBB have activated …
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