BSA Student Exhibition 2016

// merging urban fabrics //

bigness in boston spring 2016 james hook & co. fort point channel, boston alex roberts & alicia eggleston wentworth inst. of technology

merging the boston harbor and rose f. kennedy greenway

composition through aggregated surfaces

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4 1. Algae Panel 2. Pin fixing connection 3. Metal cladding 4. Supply of pressurized air and CO2

PARAPET

STRUCTURAL PLINTHS WALKABLE PATHWAYS

DOUBLE SKIN CURTAIN WALL

COLLAPSABLE GLASS WALL

seamless transition from the interior to the exterior ALGAE PANELS

merging interior spaces and their connectivity to surroundings

sectional moments connecting into one fluid-open space

bigness in boston // merging urban fabrics working in one of the most historic and captivating constituent of boston revealed an extended study of urban design tactics. people avoiding the harbor while hugging the congested side streets of the greenway provided a design concept prompt at many scales. merging the rose f. kennedy greenway and the boston harbor through a central hubway in which the project came to life. this moment to build upon gave way to deriving a sustainable double-skin facade provided the wrap in which we contrived the interior connections to the surrounding cityscape.