ABSTRACT
41 Cooper Square was designed and constructed in collaboration with the New York individuals and many more designers, engineers and specialists. It focuses on collaboration between architects at Morphosis, structural engineers at John A. Martin, and mechanical engineers at Ideas for the Built Environment (IBE). Morphosis was commissioned by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art to design a new building located at Cooper Square in New York City. Recognizing the complexity of program and systems required, architects enlisted structural engineers from John A. Martin and MEP engineers from IBE to partner with them from beginning of the project. Chandler Ahrens, Lead Designer for Morphosis on the project, argues that successful collaboration between architects and engineers is often a product of an ongoing relationship. Structural engineer Kurt Clandening observes that it is important for engineers to engage them in a way to establish what they need for the project to succeed, to understand the big picture.
