VAN ALEN INSTITUTE
30 W 22nd Street
New York, NY
212.924.7000 | www.vanalen.org

Construction: 1998
3500 sq. ft.

Faculty Design Award, ACSA 2000
Winner, ID Magazine, Design Distinction 1999

The Van Alen Institute requested a design that would produce a coherent and legible organization of space while allowing flexibility between the different programs. Central to the project was a need to unify and demarcate the private office zone and the public gallery area and to provide a room for exhibition and lectures. Following extensive cleaning and demolition, a series of tactical insertions, each serving multiple functions, were installed. In response to a modest budget, LTL worked as architect, general contractor and fabricator, custom designing furniture and walls to maximize the possible functional configurations and operation of the space