A vibrant learning center with historic roots

St. Mark’s School

ARC’s "renovation reconfigures" and reimagines St. Mark’s formerly dark, underutilized student center into a highly popular and dynamic learning and gathering space for students and faculty. The rejuvenated Center for Innovation offers a welcoming, daylit, and vibrant academic experience with contemporary furniture, technology and finishes combined with warm wood paneling that respects the historic aesthetic of the building.

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The praise for the project is universal. I so appreciate your vision and skilled leadership and the difference ARC has made to St. Mark’s School.

John Warren, Head of School, St. Mark’s School (retired)

Comfortable seating and an atmosphere for interactive study shape the experience in the Forbes Student Center. It includes group study and mentoring rooms to enhance teaching and learning.

The students love how the new space connects all three levels of the building, allowing the entire student body to come together, either in a planned or spontaneous way.

Jan Taylor, AIA, LEED AP, ARC Principal

Photography: Bruce T. Martin Photography

Project

Center for Intellectual Innovation at St. Marks School

Location

Southborough, MA

Size

31,200 SF