The Matchbox
Nestled between the College's athletic campus and the woods, the Matchbox serves as both gateway and lantern. The masonry-clad ground floor mediates the site's unique topography, emerging from the earth and includes heavy strength-training equipment and class and rehearsal space for the Theater Department. The transparent first floor activates the street and sidewalk, and includes a fitness room for recreational strength-training and cardio-vascular conditioning. The solid second floor houses a multipurpose room for physical education, dance, and yoga classes, events, and large gatherings and relates to both the red-roofed structures of the College's athletic campus and the canopy of the forest.
The new structure was built upon the footings, slab, and foundation walls of the old squash court building. In addition to the foundation system, other materials from the squash building - such as wood roof joists and court floors and walls - were salvaged for reuse in the new facility. Stone off-cuts and pavers from 100 years of Swarthmore College buildings are re-purposed as exterior cladding.
Projects
The Clay Studio
Frances M. Maguire Art Museum
The Cooper
Matchbox
Bigham Leatherberry Wise Place
The Study at University City
Campus Bookstore & Development Office
Caesar Rodney Hall - Dining & Residential
W P Point
Base Camp Delta
Margaret Passmore Trickey Building
Gore Capabilities Center
Multi-purpose Building
Edible Garden and Classroom
Discovery Center
PPR Residence Hall
Jefferson School
Pavilion & Children's Discovery Garden at Sister Cities Park
Housing Northwest Arkansas
300 Rouse
150 Rouse Boulevard
Library Playspace
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Construction Training & Education Center
Arts Café Expansion & Renovation
Yards Brewery
Shallcross Hall
Bus Shelters
Gettysburg Montessori
Dogfish Head Brews and Eats
Annex Training Facility
The Global Learning Center
The Cove
201 Rouse Boulevard
351 Rouse Boulevard
Delaware History Museum
Barnegat House
Pool Pavilion
Private Residence
Rural Loft
Rittenhouse Hill
Veil Garden
East Lansing 2030
Terracurtain
Corn Mobile
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