Project Category: Emerging Pedagogies

Learning Spaces

As part of the University’s Learning Spaces Upgrades program, ICON planned for the renovation of 17 different classrooms in 8 different buildings on the Medford Campus. Totaling 12.558 SF, the existing spaces range in size from 320 SF to 1,300 SF, and serve multiple schools and departments. Functions range from a group study room to […]

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Emergency Operations Training Center

The Emergency Management program’s educational coursework has been developed for each of three key concepts: hazard, risk, and disaster. The program component for hazard and risk (risk management) consists of a framework that explores four states in assessment and management, including Risk Assessment, Control Analysis, Strategy Section and Implementation and Evaluation. In the case of […]

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College of Arts and Sciences: Classroom Projects

Over the past several years, ICON has worked with Boston University on renovations to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). With new teaching methods and practices on the rise in higher education, ICON has been asked to convert standard tablet-armchair classrooms in the College of Arts and Science into lecture and active learning spaces. The new spaces […]

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Executive Education Center

Programming and Concept Design for an Executive Education Center addition and administrative building renovations to the Harrington Building at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The Academy president has three project objectives: to create a campus gateway building as seen from Cape Cod Canal; to provide a large, flexible space for executive training, divisible into classrooms; to reprogram […]

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