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Williams College: Campus Fabric

December 17, 2021

Ron Blanchard

With tremendous growth in the sciences, Williams College, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, sought to expand its existing science center to meet the demand. [...]

Interconnected Social Spaces: The New Wachenheim Science Center

September 30, 2021

Ron Blanchard

The recently completed Wachenheim Science Center is the new home for the Mathematics & Statistics, Psychology and Geosciences at Williams College. [...]

Sustainability On Tour at Williams College

February 12, 2020

Ron Blanchard

The South Science Center is included in Williams College's Self Guided Sustainability Tours [...]

Collaboration Hive at Williams College

June 19, 2019

Mark Bandzak, Ron Blanchard

Set on the edge of a scenic campus, the new South Science Building is the first phase in a Master Plan focused on the renewal of the entire Science Center at Williams College. [...]

Sculpture Installation at Williams College

September 14, 2018

Ron Blanchard

Recently, our design team at Williams College worked with Ursula von Rydingsvard and Available Light to make the new Science South Building a little bit brighter. [...]

Construction Update: Williams College Science Center North Building

August 16, 2018

Ron Blanchard

Construction is underway at Williams College for the new Science Center North Building. [...]

Task Master

August 10, 2016

Ron Blanchard

The use of task lighting in a laboratory, when combined with an overhead ambient lighting system, has been shown to be an excellent way to reduce lighting energy. [...]

Finding the Ideal Lab Module in Existing Buildings

July 16, 2015

David Pawlak, Ron Blanchard

The lab module is the backbone to any lab space. [...]

The Core of Flexibility

February 23, 2015

Ron Blanchard

Often flexibility is solely focused on the solutions possible within the typical laboratory area vs. a more holistic look at the larger view of the research ecosystem. [...]

Poppies in London

December 2, 2014

Ron Blanchard

Symbols of remembrance that stem from the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Belgium during World War I, poppies have become an emblem of the fallen soldier. [...]

Take the Payette Step Challenge!

March 21, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Hal Spiers, Liz Pawlak, Matthew Fickett, Ramsey Bakhoum, Ron Blanchard

A few of us have decided to embark on an informal and judgment-free experiment by documenting our team’s daily stepping habits. [...]

Fume Hood Selection for Energy-efficient Labs

October 22, 2013

Andrea Love, Ron Blanchard

The fume hood is arguably the single most important safety feature in laboratories. [...]

Renovating Outdated Infrastructure

October 12, 2012

Ron Blanchard

Using the Harvard Sherman Fairchild project to illustrate specific renovation strategies to increase occupancy and lab support ratios in existing facilities while also radically reducing energy use. [...]

Ron has been working on projects for Ohio Wesleyan University, Yale University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology since joining the firm in 2001. Ron has been invited to give presentations about his work at the firm, including a presentation on “Soft Spaces in Academic Science Centers” at the 2005 Tradeline Conference. Ron received his B.Arch. from the Pratt Institute, School of Architecture.

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