P.S. 152 houses a 500-seat cafeteria and kitchen, kindergartens, library, art and science facilities, administrative offices and community spaces on three levels. The addition completes a block-sized circulation path, integrating and simplifying the internal organization, and creating a new 8,000sf protected courtyard for student recreation and community events. The project’s large scale is broken down through varied massing, rhythmic fenestration, and decorative brickwork to better respond to its residential context.

The exterior facade scheme derived its proportions and materials from the existing building. The texture is a rich amalgam of blended bricks to match the original building, pre-cast elements, string courses to establish a datum, tall multi-façeted and multi-lit windows with an infill glass block and red tile accents. Gothic elements are used playfully to reference the original structure.