Meld Used in Pratt’s First LEED-Gold Certified Higher Education Building in Brooklyn
Pratt Institute recently opened a new six-story, 120,000 square foot, green academic and administrative facility named Myrtle Hall to house the college's Department of Digital Arts. Meld ecoX concrete was a prominent part of the project, as the main staircase and over 1800 square feet of custom concrete floor tiles were used in the facility. Designed by the New York City architecture firm WASA/Studio A, the building is targeted for LEED Gold certification. Major sustainable features include exterior sun shades, a green roof, and solar photo-voltaic panels that generate on-site electricity. It will be the first higher education building project in Brooklyn to receive any LEED certification and the first academic building to receive a LEED-gold certification in Brooklyn.
Meld ecoX was selected for the project for its sustainability profile and Meld’s custom capabilities. EcoX contains up to 75% recycled content, predominantly from recycled glass, which is suspended in a cementious binder. Meld works with architects and designers on custom products to make their ideas a reality. Meld can blend custom colors and aggregates, as well as create custom molds, to make everything from countertops with built-in sinks to sculptures to flooring.
Myrtle Hall will serve as a physical manifestation of Pratt's commitment to sustainable design education. The new building will afford Pratt's Digital Arts program the space and facilities necessary for its faculty and students to continue their cutting-edge design and research including state-of-the-art wired studio/classrooms, a digital resource center, animation labs, a recording studio, graduate studio spaces, and a prominent all-glass gallery in the atrium. Myrtle Hall also contributes to Pratt's ranking as one of the country's most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review, which published its Guide to 286 Green Colleges and noted that Pratt's "reputation as a prestigious art school makes it an obvious choice for students interested in green design."
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