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600 W. 125th Street

Columbia University, Manhattanville Campus


Renzo Piano Building Workshop (2019 - Present)
New York, New York


Photograph of North Facade
Photograph of North Facade


Commission: to design a new building for graduate student and faculty housing


Project Status

Ongoing / In Construction

Press Release

Columbia University ︎︎︎
RPBW ︎︎︎
Columbia University is constructing a new 34-story building to house graduate students and faculty members on the southwest corner of 125th Street and Broadway. The new building will be comprised of approximately 177,000 square feet and include 142 apartments and 5,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level, which will be occupied by returning lessee, McDonald’s.
The project follows the design, construction and sustainability principles established for the Manhattanville campus across the street. It aims to enhance the human-scale experience with active ground floor retail use, transparent storefront façade that promotes safety and connectivity at the urban layer, and slender building volume that provides for light and air with its generous setbacks. (Text from CU Website)
Responsibility
  • Project Manager
  • Schematic Design through Construction Administration (All Phases)


Design Team
Design Architect
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architect of Record
  • Cetra Ruddy Architecture
Consultants
  • (Undisclosed)




Perspective Rendering, Aerial View - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Columbia University Perspective Rendering, Aerial View - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Columbia University Perspective Rendering, Street View - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop/ Columbia University Façade Drawings

Detail Photograph from South East
Detail Photograph from South East


Photograph from North Photograph from South East Photograph from West Photograph from East


Photograph from North West
Photograph from North West






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