Clarke Caton Hintz/Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, a joint venture, were retained to design a 14,000 sf high-tech media arts facility and relocate and design a new cafeteria and kitchen for Snyder High School in Jersey City, NJ.

The high-tech media arts facility is technology-rich with each teaching area featuring state-of-the-art digital teaching/presentation tools and media production equipment. Included in the center are a TV Production Studio, Control and Audio Control, Editing Suite, Radio Broadcasting Booth, Audio Recording Studio and Multimedia and Business Labs. All of these units are completely integrated with a wiring infrastructure designed to maximize the value of the facility. Through a new high-speed fiber optic network, the media facility will become a primary teaching resource for the rest of the school and an important link between Snyder High School and its academic and corporate partners throughout the world.

Too small to accommodate the student population, the original cafeteria and kitchen facility for Snyder High School was relocated from the third to the first floor. The relocation required two approaches -- the enclosure of an existing interior courtyard to create space for the new state-of-the-art facility and a new roof structure lifted over the three-story school and set into place.