New England Architecture Design #98 | Hampshire Country School by LineSync | Rindge, New Hampshire

The Approach Of A Different Drummer
It was supposed to be another ordinary additions project. The school for gifted students with learning differences was choking under the weight of two un-usable upper floors that were condemned by unsafe stairways. The lower floors were cramped dark and filled with dead ends from a history of too many additions.
The school's goal was to remove the upper floors and add yet another addition. Where others saw a wrecking ball as the only salvation, Joseph Cincotta saw a surgical opportunity for a second chance at life. Inspired by the incredibly bold work of building artist Gordon Matta Clark, we proposed strategically placed two story cuts adding safe stairs, natural light, and ending clutter simultaneously. Suddenly, halls had big bright destinations! Students had organically shaped humanizing spaces which rippled with the warm family approach that nurtures the extraordinary Hampshire Country school.
Honoring the bold vision of the Hampshire Country School expertly guided by an incisive Headmaster and supportive Board of Directors who saw the opportunity proffered by their architect and seized it.
Website - hampshirecountr...
Architecture Firm - linesync.com
Video & Photo by Chibi Moku - chibimoku.com
Color Grading by Bryan Smaller
Music by Blue Dot Sessions sessions.blue

[@jessedoyle8329]

Beautifully done. Thank you for keeping the history.

[@Quiet_Dynamite]

When I was there it was great, the cut our part was really cool, they also added in a bike shed!

[@VWNate1]

Interesting ~ making the grand old dame look good again .
I lived there in the 1960's, a very different place and time .
-Nate

[@sawi4499]

awesome!

[@sharonsmith3626]

It was a large and lovely house, a mansion really, but windows on the verge of falling out, floorboards you couldn't quite trust. Looks like there's been some major changes!

[@billythekid56]

Sharon Smith Do you know Paul Smith?