The west building volume curves in homage to the embracing forms of Harkins Hall (the first and most iconic campus building). The arc of the building facade rotates the south end to form a “pedestrian portal” with the east wing of Davis Hall, expanding a welcoming presence of the atrium to the Arts Walk and Cultural Quadrangle.

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West Entrance From The Campus Gateway: The curving geometry of the façade is in homage to the embracing gothic form of Harkins Hall and recalls the architectural dialogue between wall and tower. The subtle shift from direct frontality of the building introduces a dynamism to the plan, creating a new campus green and making a significant transformative presence. Photo Credit: © Gustav Hoiland / Flagship Photo

West Entrance And Dietz-Norko Lounge: The double height lounge facing the new campus green on the west building entrance façade extends the number of informal gathering places and is a major contributor in defining the new campus portal. The contemporary “gothic arch” links to the traditional gothic architecture of Harkins Hall and with the inset color changing flame recalls Providence College’s logo “The Torch.” Photo Credit: © Gustav Hoiland / Flagship Photo

Palmisano Family Atrium: The multipurpose atrium was imagined to be more than a daylight-gathering circulation area. As a dynamic crossroads between the new and renovated wings of the project, the atrium provides opportunities for formal and informal meetings between students and teachers. It includes a welcoming stair with a small seating area that connects the upper level classrooms, Mesa, and two bridges connecting the faculty offices. It includes amenities for the Business School; can be utilized by other educational and institutional programs, and alumni events; can seat up to 340 people; and serves as the central academic and social location for students and faculty at the heart of the campus. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography

Palmisano Family Atrium: The interconnected double height multipurpose atrium is the articulation between the masonry volumes and intervening transparent envelopes. The curved wood wall of the classroom wing is played against the existing masonry building. The added wood window screens change the aesthetic creating a complimentary contemporary image. The wood ceiling, halo skylights, and the linear skylights along the existing masonry building unite the masonry volumes. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography

Scanlon Financial Information Resources Laboratory: The elliptical glass-enclosed Scanlon Finance Information Resources Laboratory at the north end of the Atrium has state-of-the-art technology. The Laboratory is dedicated to the finance curriculum, includes a Bloomberg terminal displaying real-time stock market activity and accommodates twenty-four students. Photo Credit: © Gustav Hoiland / Flagship Photo

“The Mesa”: Located directed above the finance lab, “The Mesa” provides a place to meet, pause, or study. “The Mesa” overlooks the atrium, a view to the southern portion of campus, and the north garden. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography

View from the North Garden: The North Garden, outdoor teaching space, is a landscaped extension beyond the Atrium’s transparent north wall from which you can view the Atrium; the transparent elliptical Finance Information Resources Laboratory with accent LED floor lighting of variable colors; and the Meza Lounge above. Circulation along the curved classroom wing is open to the Atrium and the “halo skylights” bring an ever-changing pattern of daylighting into the building. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography

KMPG Auditorium: The auditorium includes fixed radial tables and movable seating for 125 students. Placing two fixed tables on each tier allows the student seated at the most forward tables to turn around and work with the students behind them during team exercises. Two motorized screens with overhead projectors are provided and the teaching wall includes overlapping, sliding white boards. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography

Quinn Classroom: The transitional tiered-seating classroom can accommodate thirty-six students and is equipped with audio and video recording equipment for use in distance learning and continuing education courses. Photo Credit: © Gustav Hoiland / Flagship Photo

Phelan Courtyard: An outward extension of the atrium, the planted terrace provides outdoor cafe; seating that overlooks campus Arts Walk and links Ryan Center community with residential hall and cultural quadrangle beyond. Photo Credit: © Gustav Hoiland / Flagship Photo

ore Hall Before: Built in 1929 as Patient Ward of Chapin Hospital it structurally consists of exterior and interior brick bearing walls with one-way coffered concrete slabs and a limestone watertable. Completely gutted during renovation concealed conditions required supplemental steel beams be added approximately every 8 feet to support the floor loads at each level.

Dore Hall After: The project was never conceived as a “building addition” but rather a new entity formed of complementary elements that will add its resources to the entire campus. The architectural expression is an articulation between the parallel masonry volumes and intervening transparent envelopes with notable inflections of the curved geometry of the classroom wing and the Atrium’s random “halo skylights” and circulation. Photo Credit: © Robert Benson Photography