Robofun Manhattan

How Operable Walls Transformed Robofun’s Functional Spaces

Architect: AVKE Design + Architecture

Photographer: Alex Ferrec

Robofun, a Manhattan-based organization that offers S.T.E.A.M. education for Pre-K to 8th-grade students, needed help making their learning space more functional for multiple uses and varying class sizes. Offering everything from summer camps and after-school programs to private lessons and even birthday parties, a flex space was essential to meet students’ needs. Raydoor’s sliding wall systems with corners provided lightweight, light-transmitting room dividers that staff can quickly and easily operate.

View of two separated classrooms at Robofun
The process of opening the classroom partitions - view from the lobby of Robofun
Opening classroom partitions view from the lobby of Robofun
Lobby and main classroom entrance open
Classroom entrance is closed on the left, open on the right at Robofun
Both classroom entrances are closed from the lobby of Robofun
Left classroom entrance is open from the lobby, the right classroom is closed at Robofun
Both the classroom entrance and classroom partition is fully opening, transforming the space into one large classroom
Opening the classroom entrances at Robofun
Head-on view of the classroom entrances closed.
Both classrooms can be accessed when Raydoor's panels are positioned in the center of the classroom entrances
Another view of the left classroom at Robofun, with Raydoor panels dividing the space from the closed right classroom
Head-on photo of closed classroom partitions at Robofun
Classroom partitions 3/4s of the way closed at Robofun
Person opening classroom partitions at Robofun
Classroom partitions fully open at Robofun
Classroom partitions closed with indoor lights illuminating panels at Robofun
Head-on photo of classroom partitions closed with indoor lights illuminating panels at Robofun
Robofun panel unlocked
Robofun panel locked
Ceiling tracks at Robofun
The lobby at Robofun