Hebrew College, Newton Campus

The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers. The site for Hebrew College, Newton, incorporates the northern wooded slope below it, occupied by Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Several buildings are organized along the hillside and contain within them the heart of the campus - the green commons. Facing the green is a two-story linear library, viewed from the green as a continuous line of reading tables along a great glass wall, with the library stacks arranged as a backdrop, thus subtly evoking the theme of The People of the Book. An entry building/gateway to the west contains a lecture hall, museum, and administrative offices. Another linear structure, facing the library across the green, accommodates classroom and faculty offices, both of which face the wooded hillside. The interior heart of the campus is the level below the green, open to sky through sunken courtyards and skylights. This student center contains a cafeteria, bookstore, and computers.

Images on this page: 1 Exterior view at dusk; 2 Interior detail; 3 Façade view; 4 Façade view at night; 5 Interior view

Newton, Massachusetts

between 1996 and 2002

Newton (Mass.)

Built
Modest Project

2002

Client: Hebrew College

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