We are excited that the third annual Boston Design Week is here! The 12-day event runs from March 30 – April 10, with events happening all over the city. We have chosen a few events highlight below, but please check the event’s calendar to see what other events might interest you (and note that many events require an RSVP). So many of our design disciplines and talents intersect – get out in the city and enjoy!
Discover Copenhagen Design
Wednesday, March 30 | 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Bo Concept
999 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Copenhagen is on the fast track to becoming a trendsetting capital. It’s known worldwide as a design hotspot, punching way above its weight in terms of famous designers and brands. Danish architects like Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House, have left impressive marks on architecture in Denmark and abroad.
Film Screening: Moshe Safdie, The Power of Architecture
Friday, April 1 | 6:00 p.m.
BSA Space
290 Congress Street, Suite 200, Boston
This portrait film celebrates the life and work of world-renowned Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie FAIA. From the Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem to the master plan for the city of Modi’in to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, this personal documentary delves into some of Safdie’s most famous design projects and explores what makes each one unique. This film accompanies the exhibition “Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safide,” on display at BSA Space through May 2016.
Want to Change the World Through Design?
Monday, April 4 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Suffolk University Gallery
75 Arlington Street, Second Floor, Boston
People used to think of Interior design as an extra, if you could afford it. No longer. The fate of our planet may well depend on how we humans interact with our environment and the spaces and places we create. Far from furnishing extras, designers today are literally in the hot seat, exploring solutions to the major challenges we face today.
HxRefactored Conference
Wednesday & Thursday, April 5 & 6 | 7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
425 Summer Street, Boston
HxRefactored is a revolutionary conference that focuses on improving health experiences through technology and design. Gathering more than 600 cross-disciplinary thinkers and practitioners and through an inspired mix of thought-provoking talks, workshops, and discussions, HxRefactored applies design, science, evidence, and theory to re-imagine the entire health journey, and find new ways to actually deliver that vision.
Making Communities Through Culture
Friday, April 8 | 5:00 p.m.
Special Program at AD20/21
Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street, Boston
From pop-up galleries to the well-established institutions of the city, come and explore opportunities and challenges in creating an arts and culture scene for the city of Boston. Join panelists including Allyson Esposito, Arts and Culture Director of the Boston Foundation; Kelly Brilliant, Executive Director of the Fenway Alliance; Martin Zogran, Principal and urban planner at Sasaki Associates, and other cultural planning leaders to discuss how the evolving landscape of arts and culture is transforming Boston’s communities.
Northeastern EXP features an organic pinwheel design, shaping research and classroom neighborhoods with shared community spaces radiating from the core to define each area. The building façade was tuned to achieve a 78% reduction in peak solar heat gain and a 62% reduction in cumulative solar radiation leading to energy use reductions and reduced mechanical system sizing. The use of stainless steel further leads to an embodied carbon reduction of almost one million tons when compared to aluminum while the natural stainless surface reflects light in a natural and warm tone giving the building an inherent energy.
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