Riverside Health Center, 160 West 100th Street, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program, the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Richard Artschwager, whose career spans nearly 60 years and who is known for his challenging, humorous and sometimes over-scaled work, brings his conceptual sensibility to Riverside Health Center with Inside Out. Motivated by the relationship and interplay between light and color, Artschwager responded to the existing architectural conditions of the health center, noting that the building needed "cheering up".

Through the deceptively simple use of color in the form of bright orange terra cotta tiles on the interior and exterior of the stairwell, Artschwager's installation will activate this central architectural element, thereby enlivening the building and encouraging patients to use the stairs.

Inside Out emphasizes the goals of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Take Care New York, and the Department of Design and Construction's Fit City. Both initiatives, and Inside Out, address how the built environment can support physical and mental well-being.

Project Team

Richard Artschwager Studio
Artist Richard Artschwager
Studio Manager Ann Sebring

1100 Architect
Principal Juergen Riehm FAIA
Project Architect Ellen Martin RA 
Job Captain Emily Chang-Zidarov LEED AP 
Job Captain Jessica Spiegel RA LEED AP 
Designer Daniel Agustinus 

James R. Gainfort
Exterior Consultant James Gainfort AIA 
Exterior Consultant Catherine Paplin RA 

Piscatello Design Centre
Graphic Designer Rocco Piscatello 

Department of Cultural Affairs
Commissioner Kate D. Levin
Assistant Commissioner of Capital Projects Susan Chin FAIA
Percent for Art Director and Design Commission Liaison Sara Reisman
Percent for Art Deputy Director Kelly Pajek 
Percent for Art Fellow Charlotte Ickes

Department of Design and Construction
Commissioner David J. Burney FAIA
Deputy Commissioner David A. Resnick AIA
Associate Commissioner Frank D'Arpino
Assistant Commissioner Rebecca Clough RLA
Assistant Commissioner and Design Commission Liaison Margot Woolley AIA
Director of Creative Services Victoria Milne 
Director of Architecture Ron Tagliagambe RA
Program Director Mahendra Patel 
Deputy Program Director Vitaly Ganopolsky RA
Deputy Program Director Starlene Scott
Senior Design Liaison Miguel Cedeno AIA 
Senior Design Project Manager Joanne Jong RA 
Design Project Manager Otto Wolfgang 
Construction Project Manager Suzanne Lee Kim
A&E Team Leader Joseph LePique RA
Percent for Art Liaison Xenia Diente 

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Commissioner Thomas A. Farley MD
Former Commissioner Thomas Frieden 
Deputy Commissioner of Administration Scottie Owings-Leaks 
Assistant Commissioner of Facilities Planning Joseph Russo RA 
Deputy Director of Facilities Planning Sally Yap LEED AP