
The Lawrenceville School’s Fathers Hall, also lovingly referred to as “Pop Hall”, was in desperate need of renovation
The school’s small class sizes work well in the nearly 100-year-old building; however, the finishes, systems, ceilings and lighting were in bad shape. Especially drab were the public spaces throughout, including the 70ft high Rotunda. With little direct illumination from the surrounding windows and solid doors at ground level, the space was extremely dark throughout.
At the center of the rotunda, a Greco-Roman bronze statue that Lawrentians have been rubbing for luck in exams, never received any illumination from the surrounding windows and broken historic pendant fixture. As the architects worked to redesign the space by removing clutter and colonnades along the curved walls, BEAM designed a vibrant lighting scheme to evenly illuminate the statue from all sides and restore the decorative fixture to beautifully illuminate the space.
Other upgrades to the entire building, including lighting for the renovated hallways, were also made and Pop Hall now shines as it is restored to its former glory.

