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Project Specs

Alice Paul Residence Hall
Swarthmore PA
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.

the People

Owner
Swarthmore College

President: Alfred H. Bloom

Vice President for Facilities and Services; (now President Oglethorpe College): Larry Schall

Associate Vice President for Facilities: C. Stuart Hain

Associate Dean for Student Life: Myrt Westphal

Architect
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
10 Post Office Square, Suite 1010
Boston, MA 02109 
Tel. 617.423.3470
Fax 617.451.9205
www.rawnarch.com/

Principal-in-charge of design:
William L. Rawn, FAIA

Associate Principal-in-charge of design:
Clifford V. Gayley AIA

Associate/ Project Architect and Project Manager:
Kevin Bergeron AIA

Project team:
Peter Reiss
Rob Wear, RA.
Jeff McBride
Tom Bourque
Nina Sylvia
Joe Hunt

Architect of record: William Rawn Associates

Interior designer: Lab[3.2] Architecture

Engineer(s): 
Cosentini Associates;
Robert Leber PE,
Vladimir Yarmarkovich, PE;
Alexander Lemeshov
www.cosentini.com

LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.;
www.lemessurier.com
Peter Cheever, Megan Sullivan.

Consultant(s):
Landscape: Olin Partnership,
Dennis C. McGlade, ASLA, Howard Supnik, ASLA, RLA, Lundy Clark
www.olinptr.com

Lighting:  Ripman Lighting Consultants, Chris Ripman, Adam Kibbe
www.ripmanlighting.com

Acoustical: 
Acentech,
Doug Sturz
www.acentech.com

Other:
Civil Engineering:
Gilmore & Associates, Inc.
www.gilmore-assoc.com;
Christopher Burkett, PE, ILLA;
Melanie Hesse

Stone Consultant:
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
www.wje.com

General contractor:
WS Cumby;
Project Manager: Larry Briggs,
Project Superintendent: Craig Irvine,
www.cumby.com

Photographer(s)
Robert Benson Photography
860.951.3004,
rbenson@robertbensonphoto.com

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Auto CAD

 

the Products

Structural system:
CMU bearing walls with precast plank floor slabs.

Exterior cladding:
Masonry:  Vals Quarzite: Quarra Stone, Madison, Wisconsin/ Truffer AG, Vals Switzerland

Metal/glass curtainwall: Wausau

Roofing:
Built-up roofing: White PVC, Sarnafil

Green Roof:  Green Roof Service LLC, Jorg Breuning

Windows:
Aluminum:  Wausau

Glazing:
Glass: Viracon

Interior finishes:
Acoustical ceilings:  Ecophon; Acoustical ceiling tiles, RPG Topakustic, Acoustical wood ceiling tiles.

Floor and wall tile: Chromtech floor tiles (main lounge)

Additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project:
GKD stainless steel mesh handrails
Green Roof

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