As we head into the New Year, it is important to not only pause and reflect on this past year but to look ahead to the future. While we have faced many challenges, we have also had many exciting moments. Being back together in the office has brought renewed energy and vigor to our teams and projects, and hosting the inaugural semester of the Virginia Tech Nexus Studio injected a dose of excitement to our daily interactions.
Despite the continued challenges brought by the pandemic, we saw projects such as the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Children’s Hospital Vertical Expansion, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Chestnut Hill, Wachenheim Science Center at Williams College, the Hursey Center at the University of Hartford and the Bonney Science Center at Bates College open their doors. It is always an exhilarating milestone seeing a building come to life and filled with the people we designed it for. As we turn the calendar page, we look forward to many more exciting moments for our projects and clients.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.