We are pleased to announce that the Bridgewater State University Science and Mathematics Center has been recognized by this year’s BSA Honor Award jury. The BSA’s Honor Awards for Design Excellence is judged solely on design excellence – informed by aesthetic, functional, contextual, sustainability, social or other characteristics.
Built to expand the University’s 1964 science center following a ten-fold increase in enrollment, the new Science and Mathematics Building provides students with opportunities for experiential learning and undergraduate research, fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration and radically redefines a once ragged campus edge. The project—a strategic mix of renovation, demolition and addition—is comprised of three wings forming a “Y” which address very different campus contexts through subtle shifts in exterior vocabulary and materials.
On one side, two terracotta wings face a traditional campus quadrangle. On a more utilitarian, metal-clad side, the building abuts the campus utility plant. The third side was carefully configured to protect and preserve a collection of rare specimen trees; here, a delicate wood screen filters daylight and frames views of the arboretum from the building’s multi-story entrance lobby, faculty offices and student study spaces.
The level of the award – Honor level, Award level or Citation level will be announced formally at the January 2014 BSA Awards Gala.
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