Rooted in Quaker values of simplicity, equality, community, and stewardship, the project goals included strengthening campus connectivity and promoting wellbeing with daylight, openness, and flexible classrooms to support the new interdisciplinary learning and gathering spaces.

The existing Smith Gym was transformed into a central dining and gathering space, connected to the Loeb Performing Arts Center by a new addition of flexible, light-filled art classrooms, maker spaces, and specialized facilities for the performing arts, music, and visual arts departments. A new courtyard and thoughtfully integrated landscaping by Studio Zewde reinforces the relationship between the buildings and the natural environment. The interior design further emphasize the Quakerly precept of simplicity and comfort with a focus on natural materials and a furniture color palette homage to meetinghouses throughout New England.