Role: Planning
Status: Ongoing
Fact: Volleyball was invented in Holyoke, MA, and the city is now the home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame
Role: Planning
Status: Ongoing
Fact: Volleyball was invented in Holyoke, MA, and the city is now the home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame
Client: New England Conservatory
Role: Architecture
Status: Completed 2009
Fact: During demolition of the existing space, a perfectly preserved wooden floor was discovered beneath the carpet to be removed. The design was altered to incorporate this wonderful find and saved the client thousands of dollars in a new floor.
Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Role: Architecture
Status: Completed 2009
Fact: Through relatively simple suggestions, such as the utilization of compact shelving and consolidation of office spaces, we were able to increase square footage of study and computer areas by 60% and create an additional 4,500 SF of additional book storage space without major structural renovations.
Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Role: Architecture
Status: Completed 2007
Fact: The Teaching Cluster is located in the basement of the Stata Center, the design uses Douglas Fir furniture and 'super graphics' as a nod to the Frank Gehry designed building.
Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Role: Architecture
Status: Completed 2005
Fact: The MIT Alumni Pool Curtainwall project received the Cambridge Historical Commission Preservation Award
Client: Beth Menachem Chabad
Role: Architecture
Status: Under Construction
Fact: Ritual baths, known as 'mikvahs', are located in the lower level of the building. Religious rules require that the mikvah be filled with rain-water, and the water must not be pumped or carried by hand, requiring the baths to be gravity fed.
Client: Communication via Design
Type: Planning
Status: Completed
Fact: These design guidelines will be deployed in the 22 countries where Accion is located
Client: Suffolk University
Type: Management
Status: Completed
Fact: map-lab successfully renegotiated the unit cost of furniture with the furniture dealer which resulted in a 5% savings on the project.
Client: Corcoran Jennison
Type: Management
Status: Completed
Fact: map-lab re-evaluated project goals while construction and renovations across the 400-acre campus were already underway
Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Management
Status: Completed
Fact: By discovering that none of the existing furniture adequately satisfied the student's needs, map-lab advocated for custom designed carrels by the architect.