Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, The American Institute of Architects 1987 The design of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College, The American School and University of Louis I. Kahn Citation 1991 Award of Honor, The Boston Society of Architects Independent Study Unit (Carrel) The goal of the Carrel was to provide each student with a study space and privacy. This space consisted of a study space, dining area and coat storage. The independent Study Units were designed for Bedford Middle School. When introducing the Study Unit to the school, a choice was made that two-thirds of the students would have a Carrel and one-third would not. This decision was made through the assumption that not all students would be ready for the independence that the Carrel provides. The Carrels were placed with the storage units, this allowed students to choose between working with their table-mate or independently. This was accomplished by opening the door on their storage unit. For students to be social for lunch, the tables were moved away from the storage units and combined together. This made enough room for six students to eat at the combined table. The arrangement incorporated the students who did not have a Carrel. The Carrels also had screens that could be used to divide the students into groups. All the students' belongings were in their Carrel, including coats which were hung on pegs at the end of the storage units. Work and motherhood Sarah P. Harkness and Jean B. Fletcher were the only two female founding partners of TAC. They were both mothers, with Harkness having seven children and Fletcher having six. The women worked together to create a schedule that made it possible to work at the firm and to meet the responsibilities as mothers. The women worked half days; Fletcher would work in the morning and Harkness would work in the afternoon. The women also shared the same baby-sitter. References 1914 births 2013 deaths 20th-century American architects 20th-century American women artists American women architects Architects from Massachusetts Architects from Cambridge, Massachusetts People from Swampscott, Massachusetts Smith College alumni Fellows of the American Institute of Architects 21st-century American women