Masters Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public. The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.
The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.
Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.
A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel
At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.
Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.
Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public.

The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.

The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.

Strategically located equidistant from various sides of the campus, the IEC boasts two equally appealing front entrances– from the middle school and the quad.

Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.

A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel

At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.

Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.

Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.

Abundant natural light fills the IEC and highlights the dynamic material textures used throughout the space.
Masters Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public. The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.
The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.
Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.
A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel
At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.
Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.
Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public.

The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.

The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.

Strategically located equidistant from various sides of the campus, the IEC boasts two equally appealing front entrances– from the middle school and the quad.

Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.

A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel

At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.

Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.

Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.

Abundant natural light fills the IEC and highlights the dynamic material textures used throughout the space.
Masters Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public. The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.
The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.
Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.
A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel
At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.
Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.
Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.
A cutting-edge STEM-focused educational facility that blends contemporary elements with historic campus language.
The building is organized along the same principle as the “Harkness Method” of collaborative nonhierarchical instruction. The IEC serves as a social nexus, encompassing tech learning spaces, wood and metal shops, a laser and 3D print room, and inviting lounge areas. It centralizes STEM learning, showcasing student achievements to the public.

The program organization maximizes connections between interior and exterior, promoting shared use of technical spaces and encouraging interdisciplinary interactions.

The building’s design aligns with the siting of the other historic structures on campus, and its materiality is a contemporary engagement with the natural and manmade architectural fabric of the campus’s past.

Strategically located equidistant from various sides of the campus, the IEC boasts two equally appealing front entrances– from the middle school and the quad.

Large windows reveal the building's identity as a hub for stem based learning.

A spacious work patio with direct connections between interior and exterior wrap the building to extend the instructional spaces to the exterior.


The heart of the IEC is the central 3-story atrium - the "Innovation Lounge" - meant to facilitate community gatherings and discussions.

"Using the School's renowned teaching method as a spatial planning strategy, we designated the atrium as the "Harkness" space within the building. All program spaces are strategically organized around this central area, serving as the hub for various activities, from large events to informal student study and interactions."
Jennifer Olson, Director at Marvel

At the Masters IEC, corridors and informal lounge spaces filled with natural light create a healthy and dynamic setting to study, reflect and debate outside the technical workshop, maker space and robotics classrooms.

Exposed concrete walls and stairs washed with abundant natural light present the egress stairwell as a circulation space to promote health and wellness.

Classrooms and study spaces overlook the centrally located triple-height atrium space and provide additional locations to observe the lounge activities.
