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Salvadori students learn by doing. They build bridges, experiment with forces, create models, map neighborhoods and design future cities; they write persuasively, debate proposals and present effectively. Salvadori teachers incorporate hands-on projects focused on the designed/built world that deepen content learning, span disciplines and meet rigorous curriculum standards. Salvadori architect-educators mentor teachers on-site, bringing excitement to classrooms and making real-world connections to math, science, history, language arts and art lessons on a daily basis.
Click to read about the programs we are running this year:
- Read up on current Salvadori events in our schools
- Salvadori On-Site Program
- Residency Program
- New Century High School Initiative
- After-School Programs
- Charrette(culminating design challenge for students)
- All Participating Salvadori Schools from 1994 to Present
Salvadori On-Site Program (SOSP)
Each year, four to six schools in economically disadvantaged areas of New York City are selected to participate in this program for a renewable two-year period. Teachers from each school attend a two-week Summer Staff Development Institute to become familiar with the Center's pedagogy and to explore topics and themes surrounding the built environment. Our architect-educators visit schools weekly during the school year, working side-by-side with teachers and participating in weekly planning sessions. We help them correlate built-environment hands-on projects and activities with required curriculum topics.
A typical year in the life of a Salvadori classroom might include: hands-on investigations of tension and compression, behind-the-scenes trips to landmarked structures like the Chrysler and Woolworth buildings, bridge "scavenger hunts" across the Brooklyn Bridge and in Central Park, mapping and redesigning the local neighborhood using Sanborn maps, designing dream houses for the climate and customs of a far-off culture, constructing life-sized chairs of corrugated cardboard or scaled replicas of butterflies and dragonflies. Some of our schools hold architecture fairs or exhibitions to display the year's achievements; others participate in citywide or regional competitions.
Teachers have the opportunity to meet other program participants at networking workshops, and join an online community exploring the benefits and challenges of "doing Salvadori. Each member of the core teaching team receives a set of educational materials, a small sum for consumables and has access to our book and video libraries. After two years of intensive support, SOSP schools may gain a solid enough foundation to be ready to implement Salvadori projects independently.
Below is a list of current schools along, along with the year we began in the school.
Participating Schools 2005-2006
District 2, Manhattan
Ella Baker School M225, Lenox Hill (2001)
District 3, Manhattan
Sarah Anderson School PS 334, Upper West Side (2001)
District 8, Bronx
Albert Einstein IS 131, Soundview (2004)
District 11, Bronx
Young Scholars Academy IS289, Woodlawn (2005)
District 15, Brooklyn
Magnet School for Integrating the Arts PS261, Cobble Hill(2005)
Charter Schools
The Renaissance Charter School Q705. Jackson Heights (1998)
To Apply
Every spring we select schools to respond to our Request for Proposal (RFP). Four to six SOSP schools are selected from the respondents. If your school can demonstrate a commitment to project-based learning (and the extended class periods required to do it) you may be eligible to be an SOSP school. Participating schools pay a significantly reduced fee for our full complement of services. Personnel at the district or school level are welcome to contact us about the application process for the upcoming school year.
The Residency Program provides opportunities for interested non-SOSP schools or organizations to pick and choose particular services, ranging from a single workshop to semester-long weekly visits during the school day. For a list of schools that have residencies, consult the All Participating Schools below.
Residency Program
To apply, please email us a request or call Dr. Lorraine Whitman as (212) 650-5497.
New Century High School Initiative (NCHSI)
NCHSI is an initiative of New York City's Department of Education, undertaken with major financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Open Society Institute, and is managed principally by New Visions for Public Schools to transform large comprehensive high schools into campuses of effective small schools that help students meet high standards of academic and personal success.
The Salvadori Center has been a founding partner in the establishment of three New Century High Schools in the Bronx:
- Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World Studies at Stevenson High School, Parkchester (2003)
- East Bronx Academy for the Future, Crotona Park (2004)
- West Bronx Academy for the Future, Fordham (2004)
After School Programs
The Salvadori After-School Programs are ambitious projects to help students have a clear understanding of the communities in which they live. A good example is the six-year series, completed in 2004, developed as part of the 21st Century Learning Center's partnership with District 5 that took took Harlem middle-schoolers on a three-year exploration of their neighborhood. In its first year, sixth-graders gained a foundation in Harlem's rich history, starting with Harlem's first governor in 1658 and proceeding through the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement. As seventh graders, students explored what makes Harlem unique and dynamic. In their final year of participation as eighth graders, they applied their knowledge of Harlem's past and present to envision its future.
In 2005-2006, the Salvadori Center will be working in four programs in collaboration with Rainbow Youth & Family Services, Aspira, the Phipps Community Development Corporation, and SOBRO.
Participating Schools 2005-2006
District 8, Bronx
Henry Hudson School IS 125, Unionport
District 12, Bronx
Twin Parks Upper School IS 129, East Tremont
District 12, Bronx
Business School of Entrepreneurial Studies IS 216, Hunt's Point
District 12, Bronx
Mathematics, Science, and Technology Throught Art IS 318, West Farms
To apply, please email us a request or call Dr. Lorraine Whitman as (212) 650-5497.
Charrette
"Charrette reminded me why I chose the path I did towards my profession. I saw myself in the eyes of the intelligent and motivated young people who took part in this wonderful event. Teamwork and creativity at its best. Can't wait till next year."
-Paul Lucien, P.E., Port Authority of NY and NJ,
Engineering/Architecture Design Division
Our design challenge for kids, "Charrette," gathers students from all over the city for a day of intensive teamwork. Working alongside professional architects and engineers, they conceptualize, design, build and present models. The challenges vary year to year, ranging fromcreating futuristic societies to redesigning a typical city block.
"Bringing Back the NAC Plaza" (2006)
"Redesigning The Andrew Freedman Home on the Grand Concourse" (2005)
"Redesigning St. Nick's Park" (2005)
"Memorials & Monuments" (2004), featured in AIA's e-Oculus
"Crossing the Hudson" (2003) Photo Gallery
SALVADORI PROGRAM SCHOOLS: 1994-2006
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District 1, Manhattan
District 2, Manhattan
District 3, Manhattan
District 4, Manhattan
District 5, Manhattan
District 6, Manhattan
District 7, Bronx
District 8, Bronx
District 9, Bronx
District 10, Bronx
District 11, Bronx
District 12, Bronx
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District 13, Brooklyn
District 15, Brooklyn
District 17, Brooklyn
District 20, Brooklyn
District 23, Brooklyn
District 26, Queens
District 27, Queens
District 31, Staten Island
High Schools
Charter Schools
New York State
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