355 Bennington Street
Design for 355 Bennington began in 2020 as the first Net Zero Carbon market-rate multifamily project in Boston. This all-electric building, which is Design Certified and currently in construction, utilizes passive building principles as a key component of its resilient and healthy design. Additionally resilience measures to minimize the impact of high-temperature events, including the planting of trees along the…
Building Performance Occupant Engagement
Arrowstreet believes that occupant engagement is the foundation to creating spaces that perform as designed. Occupants of identical buildings can affect annual energy consumption by as much as 300-400 percent based on their unique use of a space. Understanding how occupants use a building, and gaining their commitment to energy conservation goals is key to the overall performance of that…
Architecture At Zero
Bay Area Transect, a collaboration between Arrowstreet, Copley Wolff Design Group, and HTM Office/Madrid, received the Merit Award in the 2018 Architecture at Zero design competition. This international competition presented by PG&E, San Francisco State University, and the AIA California Council challenged entrants to create a net zero energy Bayside Community Education and Visitors Center. The proposal combines site-sensitive planning,…
Urban Resiliency
In 2015, Arrowstreet engaged in a process of research, outside collaboration, and critical design thinking to submit an entry for the City of Boston’s International Design Competition, Living with Water. Intended to catalyze an increase in the city’s sustainability and climate change resiliency, the competition challenged leading planners, designers, and thinkers to envision new solutions and concepts that promote our…
Boardwalk Campus
Boardwalk Campus, the first Massachusetts School Building Authority funded Net Zero school, was built within a typical MSBA budget. Not only was the Boardwalk Campus the first net zero energy and water school in Massachusetts, it was a pilot for the Massachusetts utility incentive program and helped establish criteria for a new incentive path for net zero buildings. This pathway…
Action Athletics
Action Athletics is a premier fitness and training facility in Boston, MA, known for its specialized focus on obstacle course training. Situated within a modern, architecturally distinctive building, the facility’s design seamlessly integrates with the urban landscape of Boston. The building’s sleek, industrial aesthetic features exposed steel beams, large floor-to-ceiling windows, and an open-plan layout that mirrors the raw, dynamic…
Urban Grove
For more than 10 years, The Lawn on D has been a destination drawing a diverse community looking to enjoy the arts, camaraderie, and outdoor recreation. As part of two new art installations commissioned by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Urban Grove was designed to complement the Lawn by providing a relaxing space to enjoy the shade and be surrounded…
Plainville Square
Approximately 40 miles south of Boston lies the small town of Plainville, Massachusetts, home to fewer than 10,000 residents. Jeff Kinney, renowned author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, has embarked on a mission to rejuvenate his community, beginning with the establishment of his bookstore, An Unlikely Story. More than a bookstore, An Unlikely Story has become a…
Gibson Point
Redefining Health and Wellness in Multifamily A former junkyard site, located along the waterfront in Revere, MA, is being reinvented as Gibson Point a 6-story, 291-unit multifamily development with a focus on wellness and health. The building maximizes the site potential, taking advantage of water and city views and capitalizing on a location known for stunning sunset views. The Arrowstreet…
Newton Early Childhood Program
Arrowstreet was hired to address the growing demand for enrollment by repurposing and renovating an existing Elementary School in Newton, MA. The objective was to relocate the Newton Early Childhood Program (NECP), a district-wide integrated preschool catering to children aged 2.9 to under 6 years old. The program accommodates 200 full-time and 100 part-time students, including those with special needs…