SCHOOLWORKS DESIGN - Key Persons

Gary got his early childhood education on the rooftops and vacant lots of an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx called Arthur Avenue. His major was in street smarts and he applied this knowledge to developing a personal rapport with our clientelle (kids) that led to wonderful results as a principal designer for Schoolworks from it's beginnings at CCNY. He is now using the same common sense and instincts for the intricate geometries of some of our projects to a new way of thinking about numbers and their relationship to the physical world. He is also a builder and has designed and built many exhibits for UNICEF, Municipal Arts Society and other organizations.

Sam was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1947 and grew up in Pittsburgh learning how to be a child, which he got very good at. He 'earned' a Bachelor of Architecture at City College of New York and continued his career as a child by starting Schoolworks with fellow students in 1971. Aside from a student apprenticeship with Paolo Soleri, 2 months surveying logging roads for the U.S. Forest Service and 3 months planning office space at NBC, designing and building environments for kids as Schoolworks is the only job he has ever had.