Museum of Modern Art · Hills School at Creten~en-Kudson, designed by Horn & Xeaease, architects of...
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Museum of Modern Art 730 f i f t h Arenac I«w York City Tor eA o c a-t; c?v\ca I -p^c ^ jrso^d F4-, ,?3 5O&AAJ&£VJ Kefir, 2_7 for release <- CvT^A „;; £* HODHHI 3*1X1 IK 30HOO1 ARCHX'TOOTR! AffKUaSS TOTBAI0K3 four examples of the modem a t y l c la arohitacturo for eohoel building?*, stressing freedom of planning and an abundance of window*, aro att*actiag the attention of educators Tlaiting tho Architectural Exhibition at tho Museum of Modem A*t, 750 f i f t h Avenue* two o f the school plana ah own aro designed for American communities. Ono of tho two American aohoola baa boon completed, tho Kaaalea Hills School at Creten~en-Kudson, designed by Horn & Xeaease, architects o f Itew Torfc and Philadelphia* The otho r school designed by aa Africa? arehitoot lo a project f o r a "Mug Plan" oohool, the vote of Hichard Ifeutra of Loo A^alee, fho schools In the exhibition designed by foreign architects Include a modal of tho fa&oue Beaaaus at Beasau, Sersuany, tho work of Sroplus, ono of tho leading Soman architects l a tho aaw Intern*, tlonal itylei and tho Frlodrloh Bbert ^ohool, franhfdrl-on^Slala, designed by Braot May and associates* Public oohool tsaoaars ^fco have attended conferences at the Mu~ soma during tho paat fertaiajht hare ahown special inter-sat i n the new aa has t 'T5© of -school buildings la the exhibition*/ Dean A* B» Boaaeage of tho department of archiV>otur- t Hew Yorh: Ifrj v a r s i t y , easier nuha suit ism an tt* x&ce&xmxsu vi- *ta J3i» Jtama&Awsaxa ue> ajytsAskaa xa 11 nilswissi Sroups of students fro® Columbia T?niv raity and low Tort Uniwrsi ty also haw shown appreciation of tho models for oohool buildings. "Freedom of plan lo the principal advantage is. ths aode r« style la aahool architecture," says Philip Johnson, dlreetor of \ te exhibition. 11 In tho older typo of oohool architecture, Georgian, for example, tho • arrangement of the rooms noeesea&ly had to follow tho plan of tho outside of tho building, and windows had to be placed la definite relation to tho . exterior design, "In tho modern style, tho windows oan bo arranged as d-aired, oftaa across tho entire side of tho building, Tho necessary large rooms, such as the auditorium or gymnasium, can he placed where most convenient, cometkeas la a separate wing without interfacing la amy way with the
Transcript of Museum of Modern Art · Hills School at Creten~en-Kudson, designed by Horn & Xeaease, architects of...
Museum of Modern Art 730 f i f t h Arenac I«w York City
Tor eA o c a-t; c?v\ca I -p̂ c ̂ jrso^d F4-, ,?3
5O&AAJ&£VJ Kefir, 2_7 for release <- CvT̂ A „;; £*
HODHHI 3*1X1 IK 30HOO1 ARCHX'TOOTR! AffKUaSS TOTBAI0K3
four examples of the modem aty lc l a arohitacturo for eohoel
building?*, s tress ing freedom of planning and an abundance of window*,
aro att*actiag the attention of educators T la i t ing tho Architectural
Exhibition at tho Museum of Modem A*t, 750 f i f t h Avenue* two o f the
school plana ah own aro designed for American communities.
Ono of tho two American aohoola baa boon completed, tho Kaaalea
Hi l l s School at Creten~en-Kudson, designed by Horn & Xeaease, architects
of Itew Torfc and Philadelphia* The otho r school designed by aa Africa?
arehitoot lo a project for a "Mug Plan" oohool, the vote of Hichard
Ifeutra of Loo A^alee , fho schools In the exhibition designed by foreign
architects Include a modal of tho fa&oue Beaaaus at Beasau, Sersuany,
tho work of Sroplus, ono of tho leading Soman architects l a tho aaw
Intern*, t lonal i t y l e i and tho Frlodrloh Bbert ^ohool, franhfdrl-on^Slala,
designed by Braot May and associates*
Public oohool tsaoaars f̂co have attended conferences at the Mu~
soma during tho paat fertaiajht hare ahown special inter-sat in the new aa has
t 'T5© of -school buildings la the exhibi t ion*/ Dean A* B» Boaaeage of tho
department of archiV>otur-t Hew Yorh: Ifrj vars i ty , easier nuha suit ism an tt*
x&ce&xmxsu vi- *ta J3i» Jtama&Awsaxa ue> ajytsAskaa xa 11 nilswissi Sroups of
students fro® Columbia T?niv raity and low Tort Uniwrsi ty also haw
shown appreciation of tho models for oohool bui ldings.
"Freedom of plan lo the principal advantage is. ths aode r« s ty l e
l a aahool architecture," says Phil ip Johnson, dlreetor of \ te exhibit ion. 11 In tho older typo of oohool architecture, Georgian, for example, tho
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arrangement of the rooms noeesea&ly had to follow tho plan of tho outside
of tho building, and windows had to be placed la definite relation to tho .
exterior design,
"In tho modern s ty le , tho windows oan bo arranged as d-aired,
oftaa across tho entire side of tho building, Tho necessary large rooms,
such as the auditorium or gymnasium, can he placed where most convenient,
cometkeas la a separate wing without interfacing la amy way with the
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a&raony of the do alga as a whole.
*$hs obanoo to provide plenty of aunlisht and fresh air , so
essential in any-school, aakse tha nodom ityle of spealal merit la tola
typa of huildln$« $her<* &re many other advantages, aueh as tb& mo of
flat roofs for rear nation, ana tha posalhll l t lss of classrooms opening
onto terraces."
An axaraple of alaasrooraa, eaoh with i t s own door opening aata
an outer terraoe ao th*tf when desired, ol&aaea may *>e held outeof-deora,
la founi. i n the Hoasian Hma School, fhe olaaaroome faoa aouth, ith
windows across th« entire aide of the* building. "The simplicity o f M B
d f̂tlgn and the frankneea of oonfraction of the a sliding" ie coftmanfcad
upon In the exhibition1 a catalogue ay i?rof asor iionry-Kr.saaJl Hitoheocfc,
3r.» of Wealeyan tfnivor**ity.
the project for the "Hin* flan* School la a design for a aeries
of retools to he located outride fcb^ residential Sraa of an ideal e i ty t
••Hush-City Reformed.* fha puplla would ho delivered to the aohool in
trass* • Uhe b i n d i n g wi ld h<* constructed of standardised, sho*-fabri-
oated parta, thus greatly radioing the coat per twit* laeh classroom
la ent i re^ separate, atto i?*t the Hrrt^ge-mnit in the ri«£-form provides
the flooded central! «sation. Tha cle^rooos open on Individual msmmmkm
tarr ies* ther^ la art opon-^lr swirtriiig pool, and buildings for manual
training? and damastlo scions*,
A me* compact &rr&»#9'iiettt* ami table for o an* trust ion in & oity,
i s tha cornels tsd Frie&rlch Tmrt aefcco-1, ^^.n'cfor^-on-^vin* In thia
acbooi %%§ fllaasrooraa arf Strang* A in aat-hoefc, tiara, and a l l faoe south*
Sash s i s Maroons ©pens onto lltt om tar^&sa whlah is in reality a private
garden* open to tha sunlight, hut sheltered ey aurroending walls so that
enough privacy la assure* for classroom-use,
The Saunaus at Bessss llluatratas the modem aethod of designing unite of sohool buildings for the purpnsea they are to servo* fhe Bauhaua Is mads up af three u n i t s the olasaroems and adminietrative building, the workshops,and a separate wing for living quarter*. Bash la planned as aa Individual unit, the workshops «lth an abundance of l i ght , tha admlalatsm-tive offioss and auditorium near tha entrance, the living o^sartere la s detached wing.
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