Auditorium, SMTI / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 1968-1971

  • Now known as Main Auditorium / AUD
  • Begun October 1968, Completed Fall 1971
  • Architects: Desmond and Lord, Inc.
  • Job Captain: Grattan Gill and Jan Heespelink
  • Structural Engineer: Sepp Firnkas
  • Sanitary Engineer: Robert W. Sullivan, Inc.
  • Heating Engineer: Francis Associates
  • Electrical Engineer, McCarron, Hufnagle and Vegkley
  • Acoustical Consultants: Cambridge Acoustical Associates
  • General Contractor: C. A. Batson Corp.

The auditorium was originally designed to have a fifth lecture hall protruding from the parking lot side of the building which was eliminated due to budget concerns. The SMTI/UMass Dartmouth auditorium is remarkably similar to the one at the Creative Arts Center at Colgate University and his design for a theater project for a Ford Foundation exhibition in 1962.

East Facade. Photograph
1968-1971. Photograph
Detail, Southwest Facade. Photograph
Perspective, Northwest. Photograph
West facade. Photograph
West lobby. Photograph
Detail, seating, middle and right sections. Photograph
Detail. Seating, middle and left sections. Balcony section closed. Photo
Seating from rear of stage. Left balcony section closed. Photograph
Building Sections, A 8. Rendering
First Floor Plan and Finish Schedule, A 2. Rendering
North and West Elevations, A 7. Rendering
South and East Elevations, A 6. Rendering
Upper Floor Plan and Finish Schedule, A 4. Rendering
North elevation, A 22. Sketch
Perspective Study with Bridge and Stairways. Sketch
Section. Presentation Rendering
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium.