PHOTO: The former Hilton Chapel (above) has been adapted as a conference room. The addition (opposite, top two) features a terracotta rainscreen and fins, as well as glazing with a copper-mesh interlayer that harmonizes with the masonry of the original red brick and limestone-trimmed Collegiate Gothic style seminary buildings (opposite, bottom). 64 new one-story addition to the old seminary routes users around a grand, wood-paneled room that has been repurposed as the faculty lounge. On the north side of the west wing's second floor, a similar strategy with a new glass-enclosed corridor allowed the seminary's library space to be reimagined as a seminar room without intrusion. A 90-person classroom is tucked below grade, under the exterior accessible ramp, which creates a varied pattern of diagonal skylights that bring natural light into the space. The seminary's most significant interiors have been thoughtfully reimagined for contemporary secular needs. The 50-person seminar classroom that had been a library incorporates audio-visual and technical requirements within the ornate framework of the existing shell. The former Hilton Chapel, an architectural gem that was the seminary's first structure, is now what Chen describes as "a ceremonial presentation space." The original exposed limestone walls have been covered with insulated wood paneling that conceals presentation equipment and warms the space both literally and metaphorically. contractdesign.com MARCH 2016http://www.contractdesign.com