Charles Garcia Archives

Delivering laevitas and gravitas: From concept to execution in the exterior expressions of weight and transparency at Wesleyan University’s New Science Building

January 30, 2025

Charles Garcia, Jeff Abramson

In crisp contrast to the built-up masonry façade, the highly-transparent, minimally-detailed ‘double-skin’ façade announces ‘Science on Display’ from the northwest campus approach of Wesleyan University. [...]

Wesleyan Limestone Fabrication – Factory Visit

June 20, 2023

Charles Garcia

Our Wesleyan team traveled west to visit Quarra Stone's factory in Madison, WI. [...]

Wesleyan: the Story of a Façade

March 1, 2022

Charles Garcia

While the potential geometries are endless with our digitally-fabricated concept, the design team seeks a cost-effective solution that maximizes effect with technical efficacy. [...]

Service Learning: Lessons in Leadership

May 1, 2019

Alex Zink, Charles Garcia, Dan Russoniello, Garrett House, Holly Jin, Tanguy Marquis

Earlier this year, PAYETTE held our inaugural Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. We’ve collected a few of our team leaders' reflections regarding the impact of the work, co-authorship and leadership. [...]

Cancer Institute Cell Manipulation Core Facility

August 29, 2017

Charles Garcia

Last week, our Big Science group toured the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Cell Manipulation Core Facility, a renovation of former vivarium spaces originally built in 1994. [...]

Charles joined Payette as an Architect in 2017. With ten years in Boston at the offices of Utile, Rahul Mehrotra and Kennedy & Violich, in addition to teaching Urbanism at Northeastern, he brings a wide range of experience in typologies and scales to Payette’s science practice. Charles received his M.Arch from University of Michigan, and studied for a year in France as an undergrad at University of Illinois.

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