Smith College Neilson Library Floor Plan

Miriam neptune digital scholarship librarian.

Smith college neilson library floor plan. We are proud to be the executive architect of the transformative new neilson library designed by maya lin studio with bialosky and partners. The utility rerouting required for the new library construction impacted the root base of the tree and it was removed as a precaution. Saturday march 5 2016 time. The new neilson library.

List of articles to edit. Young library 4 tyler drive northampton massachusetts 01063. The new building designed by maya lin is expected to open in fall 2020 and reimagines the complex as an intellectual commons. The new neilson library will be more than a beautiful building on campus.

This collaboration will transform the historic nielson library into a lively intellectual hub that revitalizes the heart of the smith campus. The wood from the tree however will live on as eight unique pieces of furniture in the new neilson library. A destination college deserves a destination library. Susan fliss smith s dean of libraries outlines some of the library features designed to meet current and future educational needs.

Maya lin s designs for the new neilson library. Since it opened in 1909 neilson library has been the academic heart of smith college. On monday may 18 2020 per order of the governor the commonwealth reduced restrictions on construction activity within its borders. William allan neilson library in the core 1st floor smith college 7 neilson drive northampton ma 01063 hosts.

The renovation will feature two new wings dubbed jewel boxes by maya lin. Smithwiki2016 please bring a laptop with you. For the past six weeks the project team has moved from full shutdown to a cautious ramping up of activity and has implemented new protocols for the protection of construction workers at the neilson library and alumnae gym work sites. Working within the olmsted plan lin s design for the new neilson eliminates the wall created by the current building unifying the campus and opening the view and the paths for travel from the smith college museum of art to the science quad and from green street to chapin lawn.

The new south wing will bring together special collections the sophia smith collection rare books and college archives creating one stop access to these important rich materials and the staff who study and care for them. We have now embarked on neilson s next phase a comprehensive renovation that will transform our library into a technology infused hub filled with active learning areas the right balance of print and digital resources and flexible spaces that support. The groundbreaking for the new neilson library was in october 2017. It will also be a space that supports new ways to learn and share knowledge.

In june 2017 a large elm tree in front of neilson library was taken down.