 The new Stuyvesant building was constructed with the intention of embedding time in its structure. Mnemonics was designed to endow the school with a sense of its own history as well as a sense of the accumulated knowledge and multi-cultural history of the world. Over 400 glass cubes are scattered randomly throughout the entire building, from the main lobby to the tenth floor. Some of the cubes contain artifacts and relics that are evidence of geographical, natural, cultural, and social worlds, including water from the Nile River and a piece of the Great Wall of China. There are also individual glass cubes for each graduating class from 1904-2080, thus weaving Stuyvesant's past, present, and future. The 2003 graduating class chose a chunk of rubble from the first bombing of the World Trade Center, which was located near the school. Mnemonics won the Art Commission Award for Excellence in Design in 1989. 

But more importantly for an institution of learning, a sense of the accumulated knowledge and multi-cultural history of the world.  

Collectively, the 400+ blocks of&amp;nbsp;Mnemonics&amp;nbsp;suggest a visual library of the vast knowledge of humankind.  

An additional 88 empty containers are provided, to be filled by each future class of Stuyvesant graduates up to the year 2080.&amp;nbsp;  

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Mnemonics

 The artists Andrew Ginzel and Kristin Jones talk about their sculpture Mnemonics at Stuyvesant High School. Mnemonics is a series of over 400 hollow glass blocks that echo the architecture of Stuyvesant's new building while engaging the students who pass through the building over the years. The project was sponsored by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art project and the New York City Board of Education. 