The Wachenheim Science Center is an addition connected to the existing Science Complex at Williams College with a two-story glass bridge. It houses the departments of Geosciences, Psychology, and Mathematics|Statistics, along with much needed general-purpose classrooms. Celebrating the identity and specific culture of each department while maintaining the scale and fabric for the Science Quad were signature goals for the College. As a result, this is an intentionally quiet building that is at times almost invisible, yet still has its own distinctive personality.
It replaces a 60,000 SF 1960’s science building with a 113,000 SF building without fundamentally changing the character and scale of the cherished Science Quad. Through massing and materiality, the Science Center focuses upon the scale and the warm embrace of its spaces both inside and out by making a large building appear small and discreet. Great care was taken to embed the mass in the hillside to reduce its scale and to align its parapet with the eave lines of its historic 3 story neighbors along the Science Quad.

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