Amherst College Science Center

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts

Client: Payette

Services: DD, CD, CA

Year of Completion: 2018

Area: 251,000 square feet

Recognition

AIA Interior Architecture Award, 2022
American Architecture Award, 2020
AIA New England, Honor Award, 2019

A 20-foot square, mirror-like reflecting pool in an open lobby has water welling up open joints before discretely spilling over the perimeter into a return trough. With a constrained floor depth, CMS had to design the return trough and fittings all within a 3” sandwich.