Campus Architecture Database: Pope and Scott Dormitories

Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass.

Building Type: Residential

Construction Type: Renovation

Cost: $28-million

Square Footage: 143,000

Architect: Pfeufer Richardson Architects

Contractor: Consigli Construction Company

Opened: 2009

Two boxlike 1950s dormitories were renovated and expanded to respond to changing student demands for social and academic interaction, as well as to update heating, air-conditioning, and safety systems, make accessibility improvements, and repair the building envelope. New student lounges and lobbies with clearly delineated entrances and circulation cores give the buildings a transitional style that helps define the entrance to the campus and offers a connection between historic and new architectural styles. The buildings remained occupied during construction, and the project achieved LEED silver status.

(Photos: Greg Anthony)

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