Educational

Wellesley College Multi-Faith Center and Houghton Memorial Chapel

22 January 2009  |  Educational, Projects

Exterior of the Houghton Memorial Chapel, originally built in 1899
Photos © Halkin Photography LLC

How do we find the means to transform and translate the religious and spiritual life of Wellesley College along a multi-faith paradigm?

In 2006 we were asked to reprogram approximately 10,000 feet of space in the lower level of the Houghton Memorial Chapel which has, for over 100 years, provided a space for religious, spiritual, musical, academic and community life on the campus.

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NextGen solar thermal curtainwall

11 June 2008  |  Educational, Monitoring, Research

© Peter Aaron/Esto

photo © Peter Aaron/Esto

Completed in 2006, the Yale University Sculpture Building is a 51,000 square foot studio space for the undergraduate and graduate Sculpture programs of the School of Art. The program for the building called for an exceptional quality of light, low energy usage and operable windows. A climate analysis performed on the site indicated a strong seasonal variation, with significant heating loads during the winter and cooling loads in the summer. This presented the opportunity to advance solar wall technology.

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