The Cultural Center at Eagle Hill School

Location

Hardwick, Massachusetts

Area

45,000 square feet

Key Features

  • The Eagle Hill School sought a signature campus building to spotlight the school’s curriculum teaching students with disabilities through the arts
  • The program included a professional proscenium theatre for 450, the campus dining hall, visiting artist studios, performing arts as well as wood shop, graphic arts, fine arts, music, recording, and photography
  • The building is strategically positioned to reinforce the school’s primary campus space while maintaining the rural quality of the 150-student school
  • Utilizing materials found in the local area including stone, siding, and metal roofing, the building blends with the surrounding context in an earth color palette while maintaining an appropriate prominence on campus

Key Contacts

Mike Oldakowski
Michael H. Oldakowski

Associate Principal

Building Envelope Technology Director

Rick Lamoureux
Richard J. Lamoureux Jr.

Principal

Managing Director

“The greatest theater that I have ever seen...a perfect theater.”

– Vincent Dowling, Former Artistic Director and Lifetime Associate Director of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland

Key Contacts

Mike Oldakowski
Michael H. Oldakowski

Associate Principal

Building Envelope Technology Director

Rick Lamoureux
Richard J. Lamoureux Jr.

Principal

Managing Director