Design for Education
Renovations to Founders Hall
Wellesley College
The first classroom building of the Academic Quad, Founders Hall was designed by the Philadelphia firm of Day and Klauder. Built in 1918, Founders Hall originally included 27 classrooms, 2 study
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The first phase of renovations involved 4500 square feet of
existing office space, which was re-planned to meet new tenant
needs. The work included new partitions, carpet and ceilings;
new and
Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses
Wellesley College
Part of the Wellesley Science Center, the Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses are a group of fifteen large greenhouses portraying a range of climatic conditions, from desert to tropical rain forest.
Renovations to the President's House
Wellesley College
Built in 1854, the President’s House is the oldest structure on Wellesley College’s historic campus, overlooking Lake Waban. The wood frame structure was built for the College’s Founder, and has
Department of Admissions
Harvard Medical School
This renovation to the Medical School’s historic Building A included
furnishings and fit out for the Department of Admissions.
On the campuses of many educational institutions, William Sloan Associates has had the opportunity to design a broad range of building types. This work has included dormitories, dining facilities, faculty housing, classrooms, offices, laboratories, theaters, art studios, power plants, religious and athletic facilities; in new construction, renovation, historic restoration, and adaptive reuse projects. Central to the mission of the institutions is the design of teaching environments, including conventional flat floor classrooms, seminar and conference facilities, tiered fixed seat lecture halls, computer classrooms of a variety of configurations, and seminar lecture halls for case study teaching techniques. Specific classroom designs have been created for teaching of the Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Management, Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
