600 W. 125th Street
Columbia University, Manhattanville Campus
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (2019 - Present)
New York, New York
Aerial Perspective View of North Facade - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Columbia University
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
Design Team
Design Architect
- Project Manager
- Schematic Design through Construction Administration (All Phases)
Design Team
Design Architect
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Cetra Ruddy Architecture
- (Undisclosed)
Perspective Rendering, Aerial View - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Columbia University
Perspective Rendering, Street Level - Courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Columbia University
Façade Drawings
Construction Progress Photo
Professional Projects
Architect, Artist, Writer
Architect, Artist, Writer