Academic and Research Library Project Information

Surrounding a three-story glass-enclosed entry atrium, the Library for John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City is the centerpiece of an exciting, renovated and enlarged building of 360,000 square feet, completed in 1988. Michaels Associates worked with Chief Librarian, Eileen Rowland, and Assistant, Marilyn Lutzker, both retired, and architect, Rafael Vinoly, to first clarify and revise the program for this new facility - a novel lease-purchase, design-build award-winning project for the City University of New York. Departmental adjacencies and a stacking plan quickly followed to keep the project in its fast track mode. Complete furniture layouts were developed early on to test and refine the floor plan and later coordinated with mechanical and electrical plans to respond to the library's state-of-the-art technology. Specifications for shelving were provided for purchase as part of the general construction package.