As one of five Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence finalists, Metropolis featured our Beyond Walls Lynn Lights project which brighten the City of Lynn – one of Massachusetts’ 26 Gateway Cities with installations including murals, vintage signs and dynamic, colorful and programmable LED lighting installations.
These once-avoided areas have become vibrant landmarks in downtown Lynn, where people feel safe and welcome. PAYETTE worked with LAM partners and Port Lighting Systems on the design and installation of the lighting systems.
There is now a sustained downtown energy of visitors taking in these pieces as well as residents rediscovering their own backyard through art experiences. Ultimately, this has led to a change in public perception to view Lynn in a more favorable light.
Joseph Mulligan, MassDevelopment TDI Fellow
Building upon the Lynn Lights project, PAYETTE is now working with Beyond Walls, along with Brown, Richardson and Row, Perkins+Will, LAM Partners on The Launch project which will transform the waterfront into a desirable and welcoming place. The design includes five-story towers of art installations, a stage of live music and theater, a multi-use futsal court, beer gardens, parklet seating, a children’s playground, pop up vendors and amenities all on the waterfront.
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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.