Bob Schaeffner Faia Email & Phone Number

Upon joining Payette in 1981 Bob became part of the firm’s expansion from healthcare design into research facility design. After completing seminal research projects for leading institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital and Princeton University, he led the firm’s first academic project: Severance Chemistry Addition/Renovation at the College of Wooster. Seeing this as an opportunity to further expand the practice, Bob helped develop Payette’s strong presence in college/university science facility planning and design. His seminal 1998 Article “Recovering from Sputnik” recognized the trend that the plethora of science buildings built in the 1960s and 70s (in the post-Sputnik era) were all failing in their systems, but more importantly, in how they served the rapidly changing world of science education. Bob was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2015.He has led a number of science center projects at prestigious colleges and universities which have positively transformed entire campus precincts. Bob received his B.Arch from Rhode Island School of Design.

Listed skills include Research, Architectural Design, Laboratory, Project Planning, and 15 others.

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  Principal

  Payette

  1981 - Present - Greater Boston Area

  FEATURED PROJECTSAmherst College, Beneski Earth Sciences Bldg. & Museum of Ntl. HistoryConnecticut College, New London Hall Life Science BuildingGeorgetown University, Regents Hall Science CenterPayette, StudioPrinceton University, Frick Chemistry LaboratoryNortheastern University, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering ComplexUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Integrated Sciences BuildingUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, CNS Research & Education Greenhouse