Vista to innovation

Cardigan Mountain School

The Wallach Center for Exploration at Cardigan Mountain School offers a dynamic learning environment that integrates design, engineering, and the arts. With its bright and active spaces, the program encourages hands-on exploration and creativity. The E.P.I.C. Classroom, Gate's Lab, and woodshop provide visitors with an opportunity to witness the creative process firsthand. The second-floor gallery offers stunning views of the campus and Cardigan Mountain, while also serving as a showcase for student work. The Wallach Center for Exploration is a unique and exciting educational experience that fosters innovation and creativity in students.
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Tour of Cardigan Mountain School

We are fortunate to have this state-of-the-art invention and innovation space, it’s an incredible space for the boys to explore their creativity.

Eric Escalante, Gates Program Director & Nina Silitch, Arts Department Chair, Cardigan Mountain School

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Collaborative Explorations

ARC worked closely with the Cardigan Mountain School team to refine the building program to include the visual arts and conform to the school’s budget. This shift to a program that closely paired the Arts with Innovation resulted in an enhancement to Cardigan’s mission and pedagogical goals.

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The Wallach Center's multifaceted space facilitates experimental learning. Students can explore 3D printing, digital modeling, and pottery under one roof. The building includes a woodshop, art gallery, and classrooms.

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Tsui-Yee Gallery

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The Wallach Center fosters collaboration between engineering and the arts, and encourages learning inside and out. The Wallach Terrace showcases active learning to the entire CMS community.

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Connectivity and collaboration between engineering and the arts is encouraged. On pleasant days the work inside can spill outside to the Wallach Terrace where the entire CMS Community can see active learning in action.

We engaged ARC to help us meet several significant challenges: (1) create a new and worthy home for our Gates (Invention & Innovation), woodworking, and arts programs that allowed for collaboration between departments and supported student creativity in the digital age, (2) find ways to unify an important part of our campus and improve pedestrian traffic flow, and (3) meet a tight budget at the end of a long and successful capital campaign. ARC rose to the challenge at every stage of the project by interviewing key stakeholders, analyzing our needs, presenting multiple solutions for discussion, using regular cost estimates to inform design decisions, and creating simple but compelling development materials in support of our fundraising efforts. They were a partner in every sense of the word on this project.

Chris Day, Head of School

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The Wallach Center enhances the legacy of the Charles Gates Invention & Innovation program by melding tradition with a contemporary perspective. Established modes of creation, like woodworking, are used in tandem with new methods of fabrication, such as 3D printing. The building pairs historic architectural forms on campus with contemporary visual connections between interior innovation and exterior vistas to express Wallach as the creative hub of the CMS campus.

Véronique Rodriguez, ARC, Designer

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Photography: Robert Benson Photography; Cardigan Mountain School

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Wallach Center for Innovation at Cardigan Mountain School
Location
Canaan, NH
Size
19,000 SF

Vista to innovation

Cardigan Mountain School

Project
Wallach Center for Innovation at Cardigan Mountain School
Location
Canaan, NH
Size
19,000 SF
The Wallach Center for Exploration at Cardigan Mountain School offers a dynamic learning environment that integrates design, engineering, and the arts. With its bright and active spaces, the program encourages hands-on exploration and creativity. The E.P.I.C. Classroom, Gate's Lab, and woodshop provide visitors with an opportunity to witness the creative process firsthand. The second-floor gallery offers stunning views of the campus and Cardigan Mountain, while also serving as a showcase for student work. The Wallach Center for Exploration is a unique and exciting educational experience that fosters innovation and creativity in students.
Presentation Mode

Tour of Cardigan Mountain School

We are fortunate to have this state-of-the-art invention and innovation space, it’s an incredible space for the boys to explore their creativity.

Eric Escalante, Gates Program Director & Nina Silitch, Arts Department Chair, Cardigan Mountain School

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Collaborative Explorations

ARC worked closely with the Cardigan Mountain School team to refine the building program to include the visual arts and conform to the school’s budget. This shift to a program that closely paired the Arts with Innovation resulted in an enhancement to Cardigan’s mission and pedagogical goals.

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The Wallach Center's multifaceted space facilitates experimental learning. Students can explore 3D printing, digital modeling, and pottery under one roof. The building includes a woodshop, art gallery, and classrooms.

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Wallach Center for Innovation

Tsui-Yee Gallery

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The Wallach Center fosters collaboration between engineering and the arts, and encourages learning inside and out. The Wallach Terrace showcases active learning to the entire CMS community.

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Connectivity and collaboration between engineering and the arts is encouraged. On pleasant days the work inside can spill outside to the Wallach Terrace where the entire CMS Community can see active learning in action.

We engaged ARC to help us meet several significant challenges: (1) create a new and worthy home for our Gates (Invention & Innovation), woodworking, and arts programs that allowed for collaboration between departments and supported student creativity in the digital age, (2) find ways to unify an important part of our campus and improve pedestrian traffic flow, and (3) meet a tight budget at the end of a long and successful capital campaign. ARC rose to the challenge at every stage of the project by interviewing key stakeholders, analyzing our needs, presenting multiple solutions for discussion, using regular cost estimates to inform design decisions, and creating simple but compelling development materials in support of our fundraising efforts. They were a partner in every sense of the word on this project.

Chris Day, Head of School

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E.P.I.C..jpg
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The Wallach Center enhances the legacy of the Charles Gates Invention & Innovation program by melding tradition with a contemporary perspective. Established modes of creation, like woodworking, are used in tandem with new methods of fabrication, such as 3D printing. The building pairs historic architectural forms on campus with contemporary visual connections between interior innovation and exterior vistas to express Wallach as the creative hub of the CMS campus.

Véronique Rodriguez, ARC, Designer

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digital maker space
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From Hopkins.jpg

Photography: Robert Benson Photography; Cardigan Mountain School

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