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79 South Pleasant:
Explores how a building can exist as both historic and modern. Through context-inspired materiality and juxtaposition of form, material, and texture, the project carefully establishes relationships between multiple contexts: campus and downtown, old and new, traditional and modern.
The interior design concept for 79 South Pleasant Street at Amherst College joins historic with modern, the two referencing each other through materiality, texture, and common-built form. For example, the original building’s stone is exposed on the interior, the adjacent wood paneling in the addition mirroring the stone coursing. The flooring materials are modern – cork, rubber, and carpet tile planks – yet they reference the historic textures in their patterning.
Builder: Aquadro & Cerruti
Photographer: Joshua Sugiyama
Awards: 2014 WMAIA + WMBSLA Honor Award
“The Private Recreation Residence”
This new “Live-Play” building was highly customized for therapeutic and leisurely recreation as well as day to day living. The timeless and classic design called for traditional materials and an understated palette to blend in seamlessly with the existing residence and surrounding site. During design, this structure was fondly referred to as “the barn” due to the traditional New England features such as the cupolas and v-groove vertical siding.
The natatorium, with a 15 x 30 pool, was intentionally designed to be a calming, restorative space with monochromatic finishes and full height windows that invite nature in. In contrast the indoor multi-purpose court room was built for high energy and a variety of activities with durable finishes and custom protective screens on the windows.
Sustainable features include a super insulated envelope, triple pane windows, a ground-source heat pump system, and a PV array.
Builder: Mowry and Schmidt
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Happy International #WomensHistoryMonth from the women of KRA!
From breaking barriers to paving the way for future generations, the contributions are invaluable. Here’s to continued growth and empowerment for women in design and construction!
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