Portfolio:
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
New suite entrance
Hammel Associates has completed several campus improvement projects across Franklin & Marshall College, including this design for a 7,000 square foot office suite. This project provides a new suite for the Alumni Programs, Development, and Special Events staff in one location for a more efficient operation for the College.
Interior view of the new suite entrance
Lancaster Country Day School
Science Laboratory
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Exterior Elevation
A new entrance from the east outdoor activity area is marked with a clock tower.
"First and foremost, he (Ken) is an extremely creative architect who comes up with new and different ways of doing things. He does not seem to be confined by quick and obvious solutions,..."
Richard D. Johnson
Headmaster, LCDS |
A two-story addition providing a new corridor connection between the science wing and the field house includes an elevator for access.
Science Lab Interior
The new addition houses two middle school classrooms, a middle school office and an infirmary on the lower level, as well as two art studios with vaulted ceilings on the second level.
Science Lab Interior
Custom cabinets and countertops designed with computer stations and secure storage are included in all classrooms.
School District of Lancaster:
Facility Improvements
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Hammel Associates’ work with the School District of Lancaster (SDL) over the past 10 years includes more than a dozen projects. These projects include, building conditions reports, space planning and interior and exterior building renovations.
Burrowes Elementary School,
Corridor Addition
Renovations to Burrowes Elementary School included a corridor addition which improved circulation patterns and increased efficiency of the building layout.
Steinman Clubhouse Planning Study
A planning study for the Steinman Clubhouse investigated the feasibility for renovation of this existing building for use as an educational facility. Preliminary programming and design studies identified the building potential to serve students for the School District of Lancaster.
JP McCaskey High School, Loading Dock Addition
Lancaster Country Day School:
Library Addition
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Patio Entrance
The library addition is the missing link between the upper and lower school academic wings, and provides a second point of access.
This phase of the project provided a 2 story addition to the existing campus. An interior courtyard was created for the students by enclosing the south end of an existing outdoor space.
"Ken has a genuine understanding of the need to design attractive, functional space at a reasonable cost."
Richard D. Johnson
Headmaster, LCDS |
This addition provided a new library/media center, computer lab, classroom space, and staff offices. This project emphasized the use of daylighting and use of natural materials to create a pleasant student environment.
Library Interior
A one and one-half story height was selected to maintain the residential scale. Sloping roofs and pronounced chimneys echo the residential neighborhood. A visual connection through the library windows into the courtyard offers a year-round natural setting.
Architectural richness and the sense of identity are enhanced by the selection of a preengineering glue-laminated roof structure.
Library Interior
Clerestory glazing complements the direct and indirect metal halide fixtures; numerous operable, double-glazed windows and exhaust fans provide natural ventilation.
Lancaster Country Day School:
New Entrance, Classroom Addition & Gym
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
New Entrance
Adding significant classroom, administrative and athletic space, this is the largest of Hammel Associates’ projects ad Lancaster Country Day School. Renovations and multiple additions expanded the existing facilities, provide a new entrance, and serve to unify the existing campus.
"He has done a masterful job at LCDS of working with existing facilities to create an integrated whole."
Richard D. Johnson
Headmaster, LCDS |
Entrance Interior
Gymnasium
The new gymnasium has a resilient, floating maple wood floor and has been used by the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixer's for their pre-season practice.
The gymnasium is acoustically treated with a structural tectum roof to function as a 500 seat multipurpose space for general assemblies and indoor graduations.
Ecclesiastical Education Facilities
Various Projects
Classroom Wing, Lititz United Methodist Church
Our extensive work with ecclesiastical clients often includes classrooms and support facilities for the client's educational programs. Classrooms, gymnasiums and multipurpose spaces are often included in the master planning and design work for these facilities.
Classroom at Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster
Multipurpose Room at Stewartstown Presbyterian Church
Millersville University
Millersville, Pennsylvania
Renovated Exterior
Additions and renovations to convert the out-of-service boiler plant, fuel and coal bunkers and a small office building to the University Central services facility. The building houses the central computer facility, University print shop, a truck loading dock, administrative offices and seminar rooms for computer training.
Renovated Offices
"...you are ingenious for the way you transformed a Boiler House into this wonder facility, maintaining the qualities of its original architecture. "
Gray H. Sellers
V.P. Finance and Administration |
