Cooper Union Foundation Building — John Hejduk interior renovation
Joseph worked on John Hejduk's celebrated modernization of Cooper Union's 1859 landmark.
The Cooper Union Foundation Building today. Joseph's list points to interior work; the exterior is shown for identification.
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Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: Cooper Union — 1973
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Cooper Union — 1973”
The 1972–75 project remade the interior while preserving the historic Foundation Building exterior.
A beautiful preservation story: radical modern interiors were built inside one of New York's oldest landmark educational buildings without erasing its shell.
Research pass v0.8 — Verified. Identity and chronology reviewed against cited sources. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-099_Cooper_Union_Foundation_Building_John_Hejduk_interior_renovation.jpg
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: selective interior masonry only where required by the 1971–74 gut renovation: likely CMU/block fire separations, shafts, service partitions, infill/opening work and localized repair to the historic masonry shell. Do not imply a new exterior masonry package; Cooper Union states the historic exterior was largely left intact while the interior was completely redesigned.
This scope is recorded as probable, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
- 01Architect
John Hejduk
- 02GC / construction manager
George A. Fuller Company, Inc.
What happened to it
Landmarked
Sources
5 citedOpen →
- 01cooper.edu
facilities
- 02cca.qc.ca
cooper union foundation building renovation
- 03cooper.edu
ArchAtCooper 11 12
- 04portal.amelica.org
index
- 05commons.wikimedia.org
File:The Cooper Union Foundation Building.jpg
- Kidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2024-10-17
The Cooper Union Foundation Building today. Joseph's list points to interior work; the exterior is shown for identification.
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