Rubenstein Commons is the new social heart of the Institute for Advanced Study—the Princeton, New Jersey–based center of scholarship that is globally renowned for its unobstructed pursuit of knowledge.
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November 16, 2022
In 2016, Steven Holl Architects won an invited competition to design Rubenstein Commons, on a parcel immediately east of Fuld Hall that lines a major pedestrian route. While this venue for events, meetings, and casual interaction sports a verdigris-colored rooftop that harmonizes with IAS’s inaugural building, the forum’s assemblage of non-planar curves contrasts the traditional architecture.