NYU John A. Paulson Center

The John A. Paulson Center packs three theatres, an orchestral rehearsal space, classrooms, study space, lounges, a Commons, various athletics facilities including an underground pool, faculty housing, and a freshman residential college into one superblock building in Greenwich Village.

My Role

My work on this project included:

• DD/CD phase design and documentation of South Lobbies (theater, faculty housing, and athletics entries)

• MEP, structural, and lighting coordination

• Collaboration with partner architect Davis Brody Bond

• Computational design of the South Lobby's curved mezzanine railing

• Submittal review in Construction Administration

The South Theater Lobby

As the primary theater entry for the Paulson Center, the South Lobby seeks to embody music and drama. The wood fin patterning along the mezzanine's swooped railing is derived from the amplitude of musical bits taken from Audacity and briefly processed in Grasshopper. 

Related Press

"What's inside NYU's $1.2 billion Paulson Center" Washington Square News. 22 Jan 2023.

"John A. Paulson Center" New York University.

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