*Designed while at CRJA|IBI Placemaking

…industrial entries become a collective gateway experience at this seaport venue

Woods, with the team at CRJA and with the project architects from Elkus Manfredi, lead the transformation and enhancement to The Innovation and Design Building. Site work focuses on the north side of the existing building, primarily associated with four new entry portals and urban parks from Drydock Avenue to the building. These new gateways employ reused shipping containers to denote the entrances, supported by Landscape Architectural site elements including wood decking, granite pavement, plantings, integral seating, lighting, bike parking, etc. These urban “parklets” and “ portals” provide opportunity for food truck dining, informal gathering and shaded seating off of the primary retail promenade.

The site design and historical integration earned a Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award in Design alongside a BOMA Boston TOBY award.