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Fryeburg Academy
embarked on a new campus
project for the renovation
of their 1950s dining hall
into a new student union as
well as a new 10,100 square
foot dining hall addition to
replace the current dining
hall. The approximately
$6 million dollar project
was to accommodate
additional dining seating,
a new kitchen, and a
multi-platform restaurant
style dining concept. The
goal of the project was to
develop a series of spaces
which will increase student
engagement, satisfaction,
and provide a place to build
and foster community. The
project took roughly three
years from initial concept to
construction completion.
Design for the new dining
hall was commissioned to
Connor Architecture LLC,
Lexington, Massachusetts.
Architectural woodwork for
the project was fabricated and
installed by Windham Millwork
Inc., an AWI member firm
located in Windham, Maine.

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Modern Dining
The existing student
dining space was very
dated and small. The dining
platform was served by
a single counter for hot
food and a floating salad
bar with other adjacent
surfaces for offerings. The
smallness of the space felt
claustrophobic with hundreds
of students trying to eat
lunch in a meal period, and
their auditory volume could
be overwhelming. The new
space accommodates 342
seats and separates seating
areas away from the high
traffic area of the serving
line so that the lines don't
become overwhelmed with
congestion.

Separating the salad bar
into a larger island station
with space around it and
moving condiments and
beverages to the end of
the serving line takes the
pressure off the main serving
line. The new space has a
very high, angled acoustical
roof deck that helps to make
the general feeling of the

room more open and less
compressed, and accounts
for the noise that students
can produce during lunch
or other mealtimes. "We felt
that keeping the room lighter
toward the ceiling volume
played a part in drawing your
eyes upward, highlighting the
vastness," says Justin Cucci of
Connor Architecture.



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