Mr. Chatot has been a principal in the firm since 1992. He has a wide variety of experience on commercial and institutional projects. In recognition of his success designing educational facilities that incorporate new educational philosophies, plan for technology, and address health and safety issues, Mr. Chatot was a co-presenter at the NESDEC 1998 conference seminar, “Designing Creative Early Childhood Environments.” This conference was attended by school administrators, board members, DOE staff members, facility planners and design professionals.
Mr. Chatot has exceptional consensus-building skills and works easily with community groups and building committees.
Mr. Chatot’s selected experience includes:
Champlain Valley Union High School (Hinesburg, VT)
Expansion and renovations to Champlain Valley Union High School.
Glover School (Glover, VT)
Design of an addition and renovations to existing school for grades K – 8 to house 100 students.
Kennett Jr/Sr High School (Conway, NH)
Program development, schematic design, and support services for bond vote. 115,000 square feet new construction and 130,000 square feet renovations of an existing 7 – 12 jr/sr high school and area vocational center.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (Montpelier, VT)
Design of new office addition (approximately 46,000 square feet) and expansion and renovations to foodservice/cafeteria space (2,700 square feet).
Laconia Schools (Laconia, NH)
Elm Street: Multiple additions and a complete renovation to the existing 27,000 square foot school originally built in 1960. Complete 2002
Pleasant Street: 10,100 square feet additions and a complete renovation to the existing 27,000 square foot school originally built in 1960. Complete 2002.
Woodland Heights: Additions and a complete renovation to the existing open-concept, 52,000 square foot school. Construction 2003.
Allen Brook School (Williston, VT) $5M
A new K – 4 primary school for 400 students. The school is organized into five largely self-contained, multi-age groups of learning spaces, or Houses, that accommodate up to 80 students. Each of the Houses includes four flexible teaching areas that can be reconfigured using demountable partitions; a common gathering space, or Kiva, with stepped seating that is used for meetings, presentations, and informal reading; as well as support spaces. The Houses are accessed from a colorful, daylit circulation spine that also links shared facilities such as the Library, Art, Music, Gymnasium, Dining, and Administration. This allows easy zoning of the building for community use after school hours. The project included off-site utility and traffic improvements.
Crossett Brook Middle School (Waterbury, VT) $7.8M
68,000 square feet new construction. The Crossett Brook Middle School accommodates both Waterbury and Duxbury areas and was planned in coordination with a Master Plan for the Town of Waterbury. Common spaces for four multi-aged teams and classrooms with operable partitions support and foster interdisciplinary team teaching at the school. Special features include a challenging climbing wall located in the gymnasium, and greenhouse windows at each science lab.
Springfield State Office Building (Springfield, VT) $4M
Renovation of two historic mill buildings in downtown Springfield into regional offices for nine State agencies. Offices are designed to take advantage of an earlier technology for natural daylighting, exposing the mill’s historic structure while accommodating sensitive and demanding public agencies’ work environments. Sitework included street realignment, landscaping and parking for 168 cars on a steeply terraced riverfront site.
Municipal Facilities Study (Laconia, NH)
A comprehensive analysis of existing conditions, reprogramming, planning, and budgets for 18 municipal buildings, including 170,000 square foot Laconia High School, 102,000 square foot Memorial Middle School, and three K – 5 elementary schools, and SAU offices; as well as Community Center, Public Works Garage, Police Station, Fire Station, and others.
Barre City Elementary & Middle School (Barre, VT) $9M
After careful evaluation of 7 existing turn-of-the-century City schools and considering budget, operating efficiencies, and ability to offer equivalent programs, Barre favored building a single consolidated school. The challenge was to create child-scale comfortable identities for groupings of grades that would humanize a very large elementary school.
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Tunbridge Central School (Tunbridge, VT)
Alterations and a 6,000 square foot addition to an existing K – 8 elementary school.
Charlotte Central School (Charlotte, VT) $2.5M
Additions and alterations to an existing elementary school.
63 South Main Street (Hanover, NH)
A ground-level addition and alteration to provide just over 5,000 square feet of retail space on a prominent corner of Hanover’s South Main Street.
Rockingham County Courthouse (Brentwood, NH) $9M
Complete architectural and engineering services for the design and construction of a four-story, 100,000 square foot courthouse, expandable to 170,000 square feet, for the State of New Hampshire. The project included nine courtrooms for NH Superior Court and Probate Court with associated offices, a sallyport, and holding cells, as well as related county agencies. Particular attention was directed to meeting the strict functional requirements of a diverse group of users while maintaining levels of security and accommodating future growth.
The Mountain Club on Loon (Lincoln, NH) $14.7M
The Mountain Club on Loon is an all-season resort with 117 suites, health club, and support facilities occupying a unique site in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The facility is at the same time perched on the banks of the Pemigewasset River and slopeside to Loon Mountain. The Mountain Club is carefully shaped to fit into the sloping site, with tiered and segmented massings angled to diminish the apparent height of this 7-story facility. The final product is angular ridgelines evocative of the surrounding mountain terrain. A footpath connects guest facilities, including a complete fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, racquetball and squash courts, childcare center, teen center, general store, and deli. Construction of the Mt. Club was designed and phased to allow continuous operation of the original inn, which occupied a portion of the site and was relocated as employee housing.
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