In the spring of 2007, NYU engaged SMWM in association with Grimshaw Architects, Toshiko Mori Architect and Olin Partnership to help the University create a strategic framework to guide the University's growth between now and 2031.
The Design Team has completed their recommendations and the following slideshow represents the culmination of nine months of planning, analysis and outreach. The Team presented design approaches as to how the University can both accommodate additional square footage, and make targeted improvements to the ground floors; open spaces and streetscape in the NYU Core area around Washington Square. Additionally there will be information about the three areas NYU has expressed interest in exploring for remote locations.
The designs are intended to be flexible, to create a framework for future development, but not to be proscriptive about the exact shape or program for that development. The needs of NYU will change over the next 25 years, in ways that no plan can entirely foresee. The plans, massings, and visualizations are meant to suggest future possibilities and to capture the spirit of the design intent, recognizing that final configurations and architecture may be different. NYU will examine these refined options over the coming months as we move towards a comprehensive space-planning strategy for the next 25 years.
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