Milton, MA – Skanska announced the completion of Milton Academy’s new Farokhzad Mathematics Center, a strategic reimagining of Milton’s former William Coburn Cox Library.
Located at the heart of Milton’s 125-acre campus, the Farokhzad Mathematics Center is a total of 26,000sf and offers 20 new classrooms for grades 7-12, collaborative spaces, an assembly area, and other resources. The project entailed a creative reuse of existing space to create an open, light-filled, modern learning environment aimed at fostering collaborative engagement, all while maintaining the building’s brutalist exterior style. The completed facility has four floors, and a high degree of flexibility offering a wide variety of learning spaces, from classrooms with writable surfaces on every wall to breakout rooms and an outdoor patio.
The building renovation was completed in two phases. The first phase, completed for fall 2021, included the renovation of the lower level to create swing space classrooms for the renovation of Wigglesworth Hall, which became the new home of a two-level library, skills center, and the history department. Upon completion of the Wigglesworth building, Skanska re-mobilized and began Phase 2 in May 2023 to renovate the balance of the building. This entailed interior demolition, abatement, the creation of a grand central staircase, and classroom space. In addition, the building received a complete mechanical system upgrade with new air handling and condensing units, a new fire and speaker system, new restrooms, and audio-visual technology.
“The Farokhzad Mathematics Center will bring the excitement and discovery of math to the center of the school’s campus – something we are very excited about,” said Milton head of school, Alixe Callen. “This beautiful new center is the latest in a series of recent investments into STEM spaces and programming – including the cutting-edge Pritzker Science Center and upgraded robotics labs for all K-12 students – that elevate the importance of STEM learning.”
Shadi Farokhzad and Omid Farokhzad, parents of a recent Milton graduate and current Milton senior, made a gift in support of creating the mathematics building at Milton. Shadi Farokhzad is a member of Milton’s board of trustees.
