As long-standing supporters of local non-profit, Boston Scores, MP was pleased to provide design services for a new headquarters for their youth programs and staff offices.
After searching and studying several different properties, the organization partnered with the Salesian Boys and Girls Club of East Boston to provide renovations to an existing to building to create a shared space. This new space will provide staff offices, as well as an area for youth programs and a coach training room. Additionally, the project includes placing several high-end soccer fields nearby, complete with restrooms, a playground, outdoor classroom, walking path, and parking.
The new home for the organization will enable Boston Scores to more than double the number of youth served while enhancing the quality of the programs provided.
Other improvements will include adding an elevator to the existing Boys and Girls Club building to provide inclusive access to all three floors. The parking lot will also be reconstructed to provide more environmentally friendly storm water management and increased activity spaces for the area youth.
Margulies Perruzzi was engaged to consolidate this client’s space from two floors to one, designing a more collaborative, team environment. The reconfiguration eliminated a communicating stair between floors 13 and 14 and created adequate space on floor 14 so that the client was able to sub-lease the lower floor. A large conference room opposite the main entrance was reconfigured into a new reception and waiting area.
The design team repurposed the infilled stair space, adjacent conference room, and two cubicle areas into an open collaboration space, a conference room, an all-hands meeting area, and large pantry. Striking red accent walls are an ode to the former large, curved glass stairway which provided access between the two floors. The renovation also created five meeting/huddle rooms, five offices, and two large conference rooms.
The elevator lobby was upgraded with textured panels, reflective ceilings, and linear LED lighting welcoming staff and guests to the new vibrant reception that celebrates views of Boston Harbor and seaport district. To update the office aesthetic, MP applied a new refreshed paint palette, new carpet, and wood tone LVT throughout. The renovation allowed for a contemporary and inspiring workspace for employees.
MP completed an office renovation for a confidential biotechnology research client in Cambridge. The project followed an extensive workplace strategy study to determine the best approach to a new hybrid work model. Workstations and offices that were previously permanently assigned to staff were remodeled to support a new, unassigned population, with a much higher presence of collaboration spaces. Administrative staff from multiple locations were joined together onto two floors, totaling 42,000 RSF, creating a unified office environment, as well as freeing up space in other locations for additional research opportunities.
MP provided design services for investment management company Boston Trust Walden’s new office space in Boston’s One Beacon building.
Boston Trust Walden prioritized downsized offices, access to daylight for workstations, and collaboration and socialization. To achieve these goals, MP designed perimeter offices with full glass fronts to bring light into the space’s interior. MP created an employee hub to serve as the core collaboration area. Featuring a coffee bar, pantry, and a variety of seating options, the space encourages spontaneous collaboration. A client area located adjacent to the hub boasts four conference rooms of various sizes.
A unique feature of the space is the trading area. Located in the interior of the space, it was designed to have a direct sight line to the stunning view outside.
MP selected natural tones mixed with brighter colors to create a welcoming environment for visitors and staff. Materials were selected that aligned with the firm’s focus on social and environmental responsibility, ensuring products used met this high standard.
AvenCell is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a broad pipeline of next-generation immunotherapy product candidates for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumors.
MP provided design services for AvenCell’s new 30,000 SF lab/office space, relocating their facilities from Cambridge to Watertown. The lab spaces have a variety of flex labs, specialty labs specific to their science and tissue culture rooms. There is a major emphasis on allowing natural light to enter the space, which can be observed through the use of glass between the lab and office spaces. In addition to allowing light to filter into the space’s interiors, the glass provides a visual connection for employees.
The program for AvenCell’s new space included reception, café, open office, flex offices, huddle and conference rooms, boardroom, open lab, tissue culture rooms, lab support, and vivarium. In addition to Avencell’s space, MP provided design services for an additional 20,000 SF of sublease space.
The renovation to Signify’s Burlington office location consisted of over 55,000 square feet of useable area spread over three floors of an existing building. Due to industry-wide procurement constraints and the limited availability of space to work in, the project was completed in an overall phased approach. Margulies Perruzzi completed early bid packages to assist with long lead items and coordinated a phased construction plan to assist the construction management and client team. The majority of the area was completed and fully functional by Phase 1, allowing employees to move into the space and start working. The remaining support space and main visitor reception area was completed approximately three months later.
The Signify Burlington location consisted of research and development work areas as well as administrative and customer support staff spaces. The mixture of functions in the office space created planning and engineering challenges. Working with our engineering team, the client department leads, and drawing on our expansive workplace planning experience, we were able to create an elegant space that provides efficient workflow for employees.
Photography by Elisif Photography.
Longfellow Investment Management (LIM) is an investment management firm and certified Women’s Business Enterprise assisting institutional clients, family offices, and high net worth individuals in navigating market volatility by providing customized investment solutions.
Margulies Perruzzi was brought on for the first phase of their project, which included renovating their existing office, and later for the second phase for their expansion space. The overall goal of the design of this space was to create a welcoming environment for staff and visitors. Even though the design was cost-conscious, the space still needed to be impactful, which was accomplished by incorporating interesting design elements throughout.
While the existing office space includes a main pantry, the entry to the expansion space also incorporates a smaller kitchenette highlighted with a graphic wall covering that adds a point of interest to draw staff into the expansion space.
LIM’s new space includes open office neighborhoods, conference rooms, huddle rooms, and select offices, promoting collaboration amongst staff.
Photography by Elisif Photography.
When this rapidly growing property management software company needed more space for their 300+ employees, we helped them seize the chance to move to Center Plaza in downtown Boston. Due to the specifics of their lease, the move had to happen on a highly expedited schedule. MP performed complete design, from schematic through construction documents, in just eight weeks (about half the time as a standard project of this scale).
The open work environment is supported by a variety of meeting room types and sizes on the building interior. Open ceilings maximize the daylight from the tall perimeter windows, letting that light permeate throughout the open office. A large café/kitchen is located centrally, creating a natural gathering and informal meeting space for all of Buildium’s staff. A variety of seating types within the café give employees flexibility to work wherever best suits the task at hand.
By designing an exterior upgrade and a full interior renovation, MP aimed to re-engage the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Boston’s building to better facilitate the community’s engagement with their educational, fitness, cultural, and social programs.
MP balanced a need for increased security with a welcoming openness by providing updated security bollards outside and turnstiles inside that flow into a central front desk easily recognizable to those who entered. The design also incorporates additional back-of-house security for employees on-site. The reconfiguration of the lobby allows for an accessible lounge space with soft seating, a welcoming reading nook for children, and a teen lounge for hangouts and teen-focused programs.
Crafted with new finishes throughout, MP designed the new interior to include a beverage center, grab-and-go market, catering kitchen, large coffee area, and several different styles of seating throughout for all types of community members and activities. In addition to the more populated open space, the design incorporates smaller enclosed spaces for select programs or quiet reading, along with a private wellness room for nursing mothers or other privacy needs.
Throughout the process, MP kept inclusion at the forefront to accommodate JCC’s diverse community members and their differing needs.
Driven by eminent domain requirements within the Village of Brookline, this project required the relocation of the senior administration and administrative support services of Brigham & Women’s physician organization to Needham. The new space enabled BWPO to also consolidate staff from three different locations into one centralized office. This included the call center group, which was accommodated into the plan. A training center was provided at the heart of the project with the flexibility to configure it as a large classroom or two smaller classrooms. The program also introduced a multipurpose collaboration hub that could function for impromptu team meetings, staff meetings, and as a location for catered events.
