University of Southern Maine McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success
The McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success serves as the campus’s social heart and living room with amenities including a 300-seat dining hall, student lounge, bookstore, and cafรฉ/pub. The Center houses a Career & Employment Hub and a 4,500-square-foot multipurpose room to host career fairs, employer presentations, and networking events with local business leaders….
Husson University Wellness Learning Center
In pursuit of enhancing student well-being and hands-on learning, SMRT partnered with Husson University to design a multifunctional student wellness center. The space includes an experiential learning area with a simulation center and lab for the universityโs nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy programs and a clinical area where students can access healthcare and counseling…
University of Southern Maine Dubyak Center Expansion Renovation
The University of Southern Maine (USM) wanted to renovate the second floor of their existing Science Building (C-Wing) on the Portland campus to expand the Universityโs growing Michael E. Dubyak Center for Digital Science & Innovation. The program provides a physics classroom, a computer classroom, an innovation technology cafรฉ, research labs, staff offices, and spaces…
Kennebec Valley Community College Sustainable Agriculture Lab Building
This new 18,000-square-foot building on Kennebec Valley Community Collegeโs Harold Alfond campus integrates experiential learning, sustainability, the farm-to-table movement, and philanthropy. A model for future campus development, the building includes food processing and testing labs, general classrooms, and a lecture hall. Adhering to a tight construction budget, the SMRT team achieved near NetZero performance by…
University of New England Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences
The design of the new Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences was developed through an analysis of the University of New Englandโs Portland Campus. Organic growth and aggregation through acquisition created discontinuities in the campus fabric. The buildings stitch together the campus and provide the mechanism for future cohesive campus expansion. The building…
Lakes Region Community College Center for Arts & Technology
The specialized science laboratories and nursing simulation center in the collegeโs new academic building prepare graduates for health and science careers. A two-story, 30,000-square-foot addition features classrooms for distance learning, while comfortable nooks, inspired by the tranquility of Japanese tea houses, were created to provide quiet space for commuter students between classes. Exterior and interior…
University of Maine Alfond Wind and Wave Ocean Research Facility
The Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine is a world-leading center for research and education on composites and structures. To support their critical work, SMRT designed an addition and provided engineering support and equipment installation coordination for its two research and development programs: the Alfond Wind & Wave Ocean Engineering Laboratory…
Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation, and Simulation
Leveraging the expertise of our education and health and wellness experts, SMRT designed this simulation laboratory so that students, nurses, and physicians have a facility to learn, practice, and refine their techniques in a collaborative and controlled simulation environment without putting patients at risk. Medical students and professionals can hone their clinical skills at this…
The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
The Roux Institute’s design offers infinite flexibility and adaptability to foster experiential learning and entrepreneurship within an existing 43,800-square-foot floorplate. The programming concept defines neighborhoods where learning occurs without clear boundaries, allowing the space to adapt to the unique needs of business partners, faculty, and students. To execute the concept, the floor is treated as…
Nantucket Intermediate School
Due to a spike in student enrollment and projections that indicated continued substantial growth, the demand for additional classroom space became urgent on Nantucket Island, as the elementary school was operating beyond capacity. With no immediate prospect of a state-funded solution, the town fully funded the design and construction of the Nantucket Intermediate School. Respecting…