Events
The Great Pumpkin Glow 2015
On Wednesday evening several members of the Arrowstreet team braved the rain and headed over to Kendall Square for the 2015 Great Pumpkin Glow. The annual corporate challenge is sponsored in part by our client, BioMed Realty, and benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Middlesex County. The Pumpkin Glow took place in the north plaza at Kendall, near our…
ABX Alewife Tour Coming Soon!
We were able to get outside yesterday and take advantage of the beautiful weather to prepare for our ABX tour of the Alewife neighborhood. On November 18th, Jim Batchelor will discuss Infill Density and the resiliency plan for this growing area of Cambridge. Joining Jim will be: David Biancavilla, BSC Group Richard McKinnon, The McKinnon Company Catherine Woodbury, City of Cambridge…
Project Bread’s Fall Harvest Fest
The first Project Bread Fall Harvest Fest was held in support of their Chefs in Schools program, and we were honored to be in attendance. Our recently completed Fenway High School project is the test kitchen for the Chefs in Schools program with Boston Public Schools. The Fenway High cafeteria is where they are continuously trying out new recipes and…
Fenway High Opening
This week, the Arrowstreet schools team attended a celebratory Open House of the Fenway High School, where we completed renovations for the start of the school year. The Open House was a chance for faculty and staff, administrators, student ambassadors, parents, and neighbors to celebrate the potential of the space and speak about the future of school buildings and students education….
Black in Design Conference
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending Harvard GSD’s first ever Black In Design Conference, hosted by GSD’s African American Student Union (AASU). The two-day symposium involved local and national speakers covering the roles of both professor and practitioner in all facets of the design and digital media industries. The primary focus was on the impact of equitable…
Evolution of the Biotech Phenomenon
Last week Arrowstreet hosted the Coxe Group roundtable. Made up of architectural firms from around the country, the group meets twice a year to share knowledge-based experiences and insights about the built environment and the practice of architecture. As part of the meeting, Arrowstreet organized a tour of Kendall Square, the headquarters of the life sciences industry. We began with…
Illuminus Boston 2015
It’s the second year an interactive light and sound event lit up the night in Boston. This past weekend, Illuminus, the last event of HUBweek, took over Lansdowne Street and the lower concourse of Fenway Park. This event showcases the creative and boundary-pushing abilities of artists and technology that is at our fingertips. I attended Illuminus last year and was…
Back to School with BPU, Part IV
This is the conclusion of a series of posts on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here for Part I, Part II, and Part III in the series! Part IV: Waterkeepers After Arrowstreet’s involvement in the Boston ULI design charrette “Living with Water: The Urban Implications,” which was co-chaired by our…
Back to School with BPU, Part III
This post is part of a series on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here for Part I and Part II in the series, and stay tuned for more! Part III: Demographics Dr. Joseph Coughlin, Director of MIT’s AgeLab told us that “the future is gray, it is delayed, it is…
Back to School with BPU, Part II
This post is part of a series on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here to see Part I in the series, and stay tuned for more! Part II: Space Killers Robotic Furniture might seem like something you’d only see in a sci-fi movie, but for Hasier Larrea, it is very…