Parsons School of Design Making Center
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Client: Parsons School of Design
Architect: Rice + Lipka Architects
The Parsons School of Design Making Center, spanning 2 floors and 35,000SF, is a sprawling, dynamic hub for students to work side by side on projects as diverse as fashion, product design, architecture, print making – with the goal of “fostering a new generation of creators”. Milder Office worked closely with the Parsons School of Design team to develop furniture solutions that are durable, attractive and adaptable. Serving as both studio and classroom, with on site training and technical support for a wide range of tools, the Making Center is sure to inspire collaboration across disciplines.
Re-designed for a shop and maker environment, our Maker Series offers a robust reboot of the Milder Furniture System and includes tables in a variety of finishes including butcher block and Trespa, tool carts and mobile storage partitions units. All types are mobile, and the spaces are re-configured throughout the day, at will, by both students and instructors as they like, offering a truly adaptable learning space.
The aptly named Tool Cage is a central storage depot for hand tools and materials, where students can sign out equipment or pick up toolkits for their class. The Milder tool carts provide a convenient way to store and transport the tool laden wire baskets throughout the Making Center.
Some two dozen oversized Mobile Storage Partitions are dispersed throughout the Making Center, providing a convenient whiteboard and display surface for instruction and class presentations. Some of the units serve as temporary storage for student projects and materials, while others are used by the instructors to store their class supplies securely. Despite their size, the MSP units are easy to move and are sometimes ganged to create temporary walls.
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For wet areas in maker spaces, print shops, and laboratory use, we recommend TRESPA tops. The tabletop is available in a range of sizes and comes 1” thick in white or black Trespa. We design with durability in mind. The pipe base with crossbars and diagonal struts creates a strong self-supporting base to which the trespa top is clipped.
Subframe in 3/4” birch plywood.
Vertical supports and crossbars 1 3/8” Ø aluminum tubing, brushed and anodized finish.
On levelers or 5” Ø fully locking casters.
Tops are also available in 1” thick birch plywood with HPL or FORBO desktop linoleum overlay.
