New York University John A. Paulson Center Jigsaw Puzzle New York University John A. Paulson Center With student and faculty housing atop spaces requiring long spans (think: regulation sporting and performing art facilities), New York University’s Paulson Center was designed with many column transfers--over 220, in fact! A five-story podium stands at the center of these transfers, and most of its weight is, in turn, transferred on four floor-deep trusses. The fifth-floor transfer truss pictured here helps provide a column-free space for the performing arts venues and basketball courts below! Try your hand at assembling the fifth floor transfer truss for yourself! Curious about how the transfers in this IDEAS² Award-winning structure work? We’ll give you the scoop at aisc.org/nyu-paulson-center.