Sasha joined Payette in mid-2021 as an Architect, bringing a wealth of both practical and applied expertise in science and laboratory design. Trained a biologist, her early experiences included work at both the National Institute of Health and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Pivoting her career to architecture, she built foundational skills with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in New York City and Perkins+Will in Boston. Her project work spans institutional clients such as Wellesley College and Emmanuel College, to more recent roles as the Project Architect for multiple office to lab conversions. Since joining Payette, she seamlessly integrated into the team to complete the laboratory design and documentation of the Ragon Institute and is now also helping to relaunch the office education initiative for Laboratory Planning and Design. Sasha’s quick wit and positive spirit help raise the bar toward excellence in all she does.
Penn State W1 receives a 2026 Chicago Athenaeum Award.
Suspended within Penn State’s College of Engineering West 1 Commons, the Hanging Classroom is an iconic element of the building.
This two-story, wood-clad structure houses two classrooms, each accommodating 80 students, while its sculptural underside creates a dynamic canopy above the Level 2 gathering space. It is sculpted into 63 unique acoustic/architectural coffers made from a bi-directional grid of orthogonal ribs.
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