With classroom and administrative wings, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools' Earl Shapiro Hall is quite simple, though atypical forms and detailing required tight coordination among specialty trades, which met regularly with contractor and designers to review intent and feasibility.

Photo Courtesy of Karant+Associates Inc.
Atypical forms and detailing required tight coordination among specialty trades involved in constructing University of Chicago Lab Schools' Earl Shapiro Hall.

Among other features, steel frame and metal deck create a cantilevering, geometrically skewed library atop the administrative wing. The concrete-framed classroom wing incorporates projecting piers that have been likened to the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals. Metal ceilings within the 130,000-sq-ft facility are set at angles with the intent of creating unique and interesting spaces. Full-height glazing provides abundant natural lighting in classrooms.

芝加哥大学实验室的学校——伯爵Shapiro Hall, Chicago

Key Players

OwnerUniversity of Chicago

General ContractorLend Lease, Chicago

Designer女性生殖器切割建筑师Inc .,橡树溪,Ill.; Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Chicago

Structural EngineerRME Inc., Chicago

MEP EngineerArup North America, Chicago

Civil EngineerEnvironmental Design International Inc., Chicago