Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Design and Media Center
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Design and Media Center Building, Architecture
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Design and Media Center
Huntington Avenue Building, MA, USA – design by Ennead Architects
Apr 23, 2017
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Design and Media Center
Location: Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Design and Media Center
Design: Ennead Architects
An adaptive re-use plus seismic upgrade of the original Rose City Awning factory, to create a company headquarters for Swift, a fast-growing 160-person digital media agency.
photograph © Peter Vanderwarker
photograph © Peter Vanderwarker
Located at the edge of the Slabtown neighborhood, comprised of low-rise light industrial, warehouse, and commercial structures plus a wave of new, taller multifamily developments. The location occupies 80% of a 200? x 200? city block adjacent to the Portland Streetcar N-S line and the I-405 elevated freeway.
photograph © Richard Barnes Photography
photograph © Alex MacLean/ Landslide Photography
The building is a 25,000- s.f. uninsulated one-story CMU warehouse composed of 5 equal 50? x 100? units. Built over 20 years from 1950 to 1970, the existing structure had few windows, 3 overhead doors, and 3 small north-facing rooftop ?sawtooths.?
Upon completion, the final design is a 30,000-s.f. space including 5,000-s.f. of loft space distributed over 4 new mezzanines fit into...
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