PAAM
Working closely with museum staff and project architects at Machado Silvetti Associates, Arrowstreet designed interior and exterior wayfinding signs and donor recognition as part of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s (PAAM) major building renovation and expansion. The simple and elegant designs are equally appropriate to the Museum’s historic and contemporary architecture. Wayfinding signs and donor recognition are subtle and…
Harvard North Campus Parking Garage
Facing a shortage of faculty, staff, and event parking, Harvard University commissioned Arrowstreet to design a new underground garage for more than 700 cars. The only land available for the project was in a residential neighborhood, and the site contained historic buildings. Public interest was high, including that of the Cambridge Historical Commission. A “top down” construction system was selected…
NSTAR
NSTAR commissioned Arrowstreet’s architects to design a new electrical substation in the heart of Cambridge Research Park near Kendall Square. In order to give the building a strong streetscape identity, we designed a series of permanent and durable graphic panels. The project was conceived as a visual narrative about the positive aspects of energy, told in seven “chapters”. Action-oriented phrases…
The Bushnell Theatre
Arrowstreet worked with The Bushnell development team to create an interior and exterior identity, wayfinding sign program, and donor recognition system for a new performing arts theatre. The distinctive art deco motifs of the original, historic, landmark theater were reinterpreted with a contemporary flare. The result is a dynamic graphic signature. Wilson Butler Architects, the collaborating architectural firm, responded to…
East Boston Library
The East Boston Library is the newest branch library in the Boston Public Library system. Arrowstreet served as a consultant to the architect, William Rawn Associates, to develop exterior environmental graphics including interpretive panels and engraved pavers. The interpretive panels located in the Library’s stormwater garden feature a series of custom graphics and symbols that explain the features and benefits…
BPL Wayfinding
The Boston Public Library (BPL) needed a comprehensive wayfinding program for its Central Library in Copley Square—a historic landmark and essential public resource. No system existed for the building’s one-hundred-twenty-plus-year history. Arrowstreet’s designers faced a succession of challenges including a building in two divergent architectural styles; ad hoc, staff-devised signage systems; a massive array of physical, visual, virtual, and spatial…
320 Bent / 301 Binney
The Bent Street and Binney Street buildings are part of a major, biotech research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The multi-building complex offers laboratory facilities for established and start-up tenants. Arrowstreet designed a comprehensive sign system that takes its visual inspiration from the biotech field and incorporates modern materials. The system includes campus identification and wayfinding, on-site directionals, building identifications, and…
Massport Central Parking Expansion
The Massachusetts Port Authority faced a severe parking shortage at Logan Airport during peak travel times. The airport was challenged by more cars than their lots could hold, and required the construction of a new garage in the airport’s limited space. The only space available to alleviate this crunch was a sliver of land used as a surface lot for…
Living with Water
As climate change causes sea levels to rise by as much as 6’ over the next century, our cities will be required to redefine their relationship with water. Architecture, circulation networks, and green space must all be designed to be resilient and to expect frequent inundation. Sponsored by the Urban Land Institute Boston and The Kresge Foundation, Arrowstreet took lead…
Waterfront Square Plaza and Pedestrian Bridge
As part of the Waterfront Square mixed-use development at Revere Beach, Arrowstreet designed a cable-stay pedestrian bridge and public plaza to directly connect the beach to the Wonderland mass transit stop and public parking. The design incorporates high quality materials along a universally accessible path to seamlessly connect public transit to the beach. The signature bridge symbolizes the City’s commitment…