Historical Evolution of the Design

• Preliminary Designs - a starting point for how the science departments, labs, and classrooms could be accommodated
• Second-Round Designs - presented by the Design Team as a refinement of the Preliminary Designs
• Third-Round Designs - presented by the Design Team as a further refinement of Designs X and Y.
• Fourth-Round Designs - In its meeting of December 16, 1999, the Science Project Committee agreed to recommend Design X, with modifications, to the architects for further refinement and schematic design. In its meeting of February 29, 2000, The Committee heard ideas from the Design Team about possible variations of Design X that would reduce costs and increase efficiency, while retaining essential features.
• Fifth-Round Designs - Choosing DesignX-var2 as a starting point, the Design Team presented interior layout plans and site rendering details on March 21, 2000.
• Sixth-Round Designs - further changes to the design, as well as more detailed site planning, were presented on April 11, 2000. Buildings are shown with schematic window treatments only; future updates will include more detail refinements.
• Seventh-Round Designs - version of the project at the end of the schematic design period, as presented May 2, 2000.

Send message to the chair of the Science Project User's Group, Rachel Merz (rmerz1@swarthmore.edu)

last updated 11/1/00