Laboratory School︎︎︎

Type: K-12
Location: New York City
Size: 43,500 SF
Year: 2019

The laboratory school is a K-12 educational institution which aims to inject direct, lived experience into the learning environment.






The project gives young people agency over their own learning, allowing them to evaluate and produce their own experience through physical, sensory, and expressive means.






︎︎︎View of entry



︎︎︎Gymnasium Plan



︎︎︎Cafeteria & Assembly Plan


The school is composed of a series of loosely stacked blocks that resemble a scatter of children’s toys. Flexible workshop and laboratory spaces form the pedagogical core of the laboratory school experience, producing a creative and collaborative atmosphere that expands knowledge beyond the classroom.








︎︎︎View of assembly area


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Daniel
William
Garcia
Smith