WILLIAMS COLLEGE  SAWYER LIBRARY RESTORATION AND ADDITION

Williamstown MA, 2011 - 2015

as interior designer at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

 

 

client  liberal arts college founded 1793 with an annual enrollment of approximately 2,000

project  restoration of the original library (Cram and Ferguson, 1921) housing faculty and classroom spaces as well as the Chapin Library rare book holdings, and addition of a larger volume to house the collection and associated departments including Special Collections, Educational Technology and Collection Management

services concept and program development, design development, showroom visits, basis of design plans, fabric specifications, MEP coordination with systems furniture, custom millwork development, millwork construction drawings

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

furniture plans

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

color sketch and working swatch plans

color sketch used to articulate a complex building to diverse client audiences including students, staff and professors; swatch plans were revised in client work sessions to provide an overall portrait of color throughout the building

 
 
 
 
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circulation desk schematic model

mapping existing functionality onto new design

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custom study booths

schematic model based on mock-ups and final construction drawings

 
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