Glass Ramps/ Glass Wall: Deviations from the Normative: Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University - Softcover

Tschumi, Bernard; Dutton, Hugh; Reiser, Jesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902902009 ISBN 13: 9781902902005

Publisher: Architectural Association Publications, 2001

Synopsis

Bernard Tschumi is well known for his urban projects both in Europe and in the United States. This book describes in detail the design process of the Lerner Student Center of Columbia University, located within a campus masterplanned by McKim, Mead & White. The Student Center provides a combined auditorium and assembly hall with a seating capacity of 1100 to 1500, dining facilities, lounges, meeting rooms, a bookstore, radio station, clubs and game rooms, administrative spaces, as well as expanded computer facilities for student use. Glass Ramps refers to "the hub", the main circulatory system with its suspended glass ramps; Glass Wall refers to the suspended glass plane of the hub. The building is nearing completion, opening in stages from September 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Architectural Association Publications
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902902009
• ISBN 13: 9781902902005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96