SMITH COLLEGE NORTHAMPTON,

MA

CLIENT: Smith College

COMPLETION: 2016

BRR designed the Smith College main campus entry and the universally accessible President’s Garden. Two new brick and limestone pillars and two walls with limestone panels flank the entry to College Lane. They help guide visitors and students to the Admissions Office, the Lyman Conservatory, the Boathouse and Conference Center overlooking Paradise Pond. After dark, LED fixtures light engraved limestone panels. Curved walls provide seating along Elm Street.

The President’s Happy Chace Garden overlooks Paradise Pond. New walls, paths, additional garden space and a complete regrading have made the garden accessible for all students, faculty and visitors. A new summer house provides seating in a shaded place with lovely views to the garden, the house and the pond. Seat walls and benches provide a variety of places for people to enjoy the space.

Umass Amherst North And Isb Chiller Plant Upgrades

AMHERST, MA

CLIENT: University of Massachusetts at Amherst

COMPLETION: 2018

AWARDS: Honor Award, 2019, Boston Society of Architects

Brown, Richardson + Rowe worked with RMF Engineering and Leers Weinzapfel Architects on the landscape design for the North and ISB Chiller Plants Upgrade at the UMass Amherst campus completed in the fall of 2018. The North and ISB Chiller Plants and new utility routings through the campus affected existing plantings, walkways, parking lots and roadways. BRR completed a tree impact study, developed maintenance guidelines, and performed mitigation with replacement plantings. The design maintained trees in regraded areas with stone retaining walls. BRR also provided a low maintenance, all season color planting design around the new glass walled North Chiller building using tree species consistent with the University’s goals for species diversity. BRR closely coordinated with the UMass Arboretum Committee who had an active role in all phases of the project.