Vassar's religious community finds a new home in adaptive reuse design from L.E.FT Architects

2024-07-23T17:48:00-04:00

School is out of session for the summer, but Vassar College’s new Center for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices is on our minds after a recently completed project from L.E.FT Architects restored the existing Pratt House into a campus hub for student’s wellness and intellectual growth.

Photo by Michael Vahrenwald/ESTO

Their adaptive reuse of the 109-year-old building turned its three-story Gothic Revival structure into a home for the office and their mission to serve twelve religious and spiritual student groups at Vassar. In what was originally the college warden’s residence, a new kind of space has evolved. In it, the architects say, the restrictive “dichotomies” dividing religious and secular life in America are dissolved into a communal space imbued with tolerance and the desire to enact change.

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“The conversations that resulted between the diverse and sometimes theologically-opposed participants were dynamic yet r...

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Vassar's religious community finds a new home in adaptive reuse design from L.E.FT Architects