Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library
Scope/Solutions
Designed by York & Sawyer, this 1917 Italian Renaissance style building is on the National Register of Historic Places. SGH worked with the architect and was responsible for investigating and analyzing the concrete-encased, steel-framed structure as part of a project to convert the building from banking offices to a school library. With this project, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) gains 55,000 sq ft of usable library space in the building’s 114 ft by 180 ft grand banking hall and housing for 500 RISD students on the upper eight floors.
Highlights of our work include the following:
- Reviewed existing documents and historical literature to gain an understanding of the existing construction
- Investigated the structure’s condition through destructive and nondestructive surveys
- Analyzed the existing structure and the new, digitally fabricated, one-story Reading Room and Circulation Island structures
- Conducted materials and physical testing of mockups to evaluate sustainable materials proposed for nonstandard applications
- Prepared construction documents and provided construction administration services
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Project Summary
2005
Completion Date
Award
Winner
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Structures
Markets
Education
Client(s)
Office dA
Specialized Capabilities
Building Design
Key team members
Matthew Johnson
Structural Engineering Division Head, Chicago
Additional Projects
Northeast
Windscreen
To honor their 150th anniversary, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted many events, including the FAST Arts Festival. Hӧweler + Yoon Architecture created Windscreen to highlight the integration of material, form, performance, and energy and SGH designed the structure.
Northeast
Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Mountain Campus
The Bread Loaf Mountain Campus of Middlebury College is the home of the Bread Loaf School of English, the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, and other summer programs run by the college.