Torah Academy for Girls- High School

Far Rockaway, NY

Project Size: 33,000 sf

Project Description:

 The proposed addition of classrooms and storage spaces to the existing building proved to be challenging in many ways.  The new addition needed to blend with the existing context and geometry of the existing building, while still creating its own sense of identity.  This was achieved be creating two volumes behind the existing 2-story auditorium, one brick and the other glass.  The continuous horizontal glass volume floats between the existing stucco building in the front, and the new brick addition in the back.  This glass transition volume gives the annex a sense of lightness, while minimizing the effect that the brick volume in the back creates.  The result is an intricate building that enhances the existing building design, while minimizing any adverse effects on the surrounding residential neighborhood.