Category: <span>Academic</span>

Building Flexible Spaces

A recent trend in academic construction is the shift from traditional classrooms to a focus on flexibility as campuses are reconfiguring and building new spaces that meet the often-changing needs of different areas of study. Through the pandemic, many institutions realized that traditional classrooms were less critical than lab and research spaces for in-person learning.

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Building for Collaboration: How Babson College’s Weissman Foundry Cultivates Collaboration Between Three Colleges

For several years, innovation labs, maker-spaces, and other flexible learning spaces have sprouted up on academic campuses, fostering the trend of experiential and transdisciplinary learning. Having a space that is open-concept and adaptable gives schools the flexibility to meet the needs of their students and teachers without costly renovations. More importantly, this trend in education

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Babson’s Weissman Foundry Complete

The Weissman Foundry is Babson’s newest and most innovative academic center.  The 10,000 square-foot contemporary structure is an open-door design studio inspiring transdisciplinary innovative collaboration between Babson, Olin and Wellesley students for the advancement of new or existing projects! It was made for the curious—the entrepreneurs, engineers, artists, and academics alike. Designed as an intentional

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A Design-Build Modular Solution

Over-enrolled and lacking beds, Endicott College turned to Windover to find a solution that would offer on-campus housing for their incoming freshman class. We had nine months to plan and execute before their needed occupancy date. The solution? Windover’s design-build team with partner, SV Design, Siemasko + Verbridge, developed plans for a 225-bed, modular residence hall

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