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DESIGN TEAM Barbara L. Geddis, FAIA Principal–in-Charge John Brice, AIA Brian Snyder, AIA, LEED ® AP Winston Collins, AIA Victoria Bigliano, ASID Interior Designer CLIENT City of New Rochelle School District New Rochelle, NY PROJECT DATA Type of School and Grades Served: Middle School, 6-8 Capacity: 1,066 Area of Building: New Construction: 51,000 SF Renovated: 18,000 SF Total Project Cost: $10.1 Million Completion Date: 2002 Savin Engineering, PC (Construction Manager) Pleasantville, NY NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Isaac E. Young Middle School, New Rochelle, NY Architecture . Planning . Interiors Geddis Architects The fundamental challenge was a nationwide search for a brick masonry ma- terial compatible with the character of ashlar granite of an original 1926 school. The building is an impressive castellated Gothic structure on a rocky hillside. Not only did the curriculum of the three-story, almost 600 foot long structure radically change over seventy years, but its center core facilities for science, music, and physical education were conspicuously undersized. Fourteen class- rooms also needed to be added. The client directed that no new construction could be added on the street side. They had added a masonry wing in the 1980’s and had been dissatisfied with the outcome. Its back façade, a honey-colored brick, was also not suc- cessful. In addition, the particular granite used in 1926 came from a quarry now closed. A stone match would have had to be assembled in pieces from different quarries and blended.
