Community & Non-Profit
Queens Community House
Forest Hills Community Center
Queens Community House
Forest Hills Community Center
Queens Community House (QCH) is a multi-site, multi-service non-profit that serves many diverse Queens neighborhoods. Their core programs are housed at the Forest Hills Community Center located at the center of the Kew Gardens neighborhood in a building that is outdated and in need of redefinition. Initializing a redesign of...
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
National Headquarters
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
National Headquarters
MAD was retained to design the PPFA headquarters in the heart of downtown Manhattan. The design uses an open workplace model that concentrates the meeting areas near the center of the plans in order to allow for maximum natural light into the floor plate and situates shared facilities conveniently for all departments. The de...
Northside Center for Child Development
East Harlem location
Northside Center for Child Development
East Harlem location
Northside Center for Child Development partnered with us to design a community facility to house their operations now located within a new housing development project. Children are the organization’s primary focus, and the new center became their multi-use facility for education, recreation, and wellness. The goal was to cre...
Public Health Solutions
Headquarters
Public Health Solutions
Headquarters
In coordinating the full buildout and relocation of this non-for-profits headquarters, MAD designed this partial 4th floor at a pre-war building located on Worth Street. The project’s goals were dictated by a need to reduce the rent lease from the previously occupied 4th and 5th floors to a single floor. We prepared several...
Boys & Girls Club
of Northwest New Jersey
Boys & Girls Club
of Northwest New Jersey
The initial approach for the project consisted of adding an educational area to the community center located in the suburban town of Wayne, 25 miles West of New York City. The original building consisted primarily of two gyms, playrooms and other secondary spaces. The existing building lacked any personality or design feat...
Wellness Center
Stevens Institute Of Technology
Wellness Center
Stevens Institute Of Technology
Located on Castle Point overlooking the Hudson river, this conversion of a midcentury residence creates a new student health and counseling center for Stevens Institute of Technology. The design work adds an elevator, new stairs, and ADA accessibility to the building in addition to providing clinical exam rooms, counseling r...
Nordoff-Robbins Center For Music Therapy & Classrooms
New York University
Nordoff-Robbins Center For Music Therapy & Classrooms
New York University
As part of a building upgrade for the Steinhardt School at NYU, we designed the suite for the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy. This Center supports a mission whereby children and some adults receive therapy while they participate in ongoing research. Our design provides multiple types of spaces where music sessions...
Saint Saviour Catholic Academy
K-12 School
Saint Saviour Catholic Academy
K-12 School
Located in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, Saint Saviour’s elementary school is an existing four-story building that was renovated, increasing classroom count throughout the school. During two consecutive summer construction phases, a new library, renovated classrooms and a new early childhood program in the basement were completed....
Sexual misconduct Prevention, Assistance, Counseling, & Education
SPACE : New York University
Sexual misconduct Prevention, Assistance, Counseling, & Education
SPACE : New York University
In response to growing concerns about the increased need for education and awareness surrounding issues of sexual misconduct, we were asked to design a small space to be integrated within the existing NYU Student Health Center, to provide services related to this topic. S.P.A.C.E. reaches out into an existing, long and dark...
Windreich Dept Of Artificial Intelligence And Human Health
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Windreich Dept Of Artificial Intelligence And Human Health
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
The new research lab located on Annenberg Library’s 11th floor was designed to encourage global collaboration between researchers of AI capabilities across the Mount Sinai Health System. With a mission to create an “AI intelligent fabric,” this department will train the next generation of health care computer scientists. Our...
Brooklyn Army Terminal
NYC Economic Development Corp.
Brooklyn Army Terminal
NYC Economic Development Corp.
The US Army Military Ocean Terminal (aka Brooklyn Army Terminal) designed by Cass Gilbert, served as a military supply depot throughout WWII. Completed in September of 1919, it was the headquarters for the New York Port of Embarkation, a region-wide operation covering more than a dozen facilities that moved 3.2 million troop...