70 Milton Street | Dedham, MA 02026-2915 781.326.2600 | activitas.com
BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL UPPER FIELD Brookline, MA
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ABOUT
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Working hand-in-hand with our clients we are focused on creating exceptional landscape and athletic spaces that are well programmed, planned to fit seamlessly within their greater campus contact, and can be maintained within the client’s annual operational budget. We are committed to smartly detailed and diligently constructed designs that will stand the test of time and the scrutiny of our clients and their discerning guests for generations to come.
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Activitas Inc. is a niche firm specializing in planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering for private secondary schools, colleges, and universities. Based in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area, we are focused on design, our clients, and exceeding the expectations of each campus community in which we work.
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LEADERSHIP Our Principals - Patrick Maguire, Megan Buczynski, and Mark Novak - have worked together for nearly twenty years. Together they have completed well over 200 campus and athletic improvement projects throughout New England and across the globe. Each is considered a leader within the athletic and recreational design market and have contributed endlessly to the growth of the industry.
TEAM Activitas is grounded in its philosophy of steady, incremental, and organic growth with our exceptional and committed team. We are devoted to creating long-term partnerships with our clients as demonstrated throughout our rich history of multiproject clients, some of which go back 15+ years. Our staff is the backbone of our organization with the experience to keep our clients fulfilled and eager for the next project.
Patrick Maguire, RLA
Megan Buczynski, PE
Managing Principal
Principal Civil Engineer
With over 25 years of experience, Patrick leads municipal, collegiate, and professional-sports clients in the design of outdoor recreational facilities. His early career experience included secondary school design, commercial landscapes, and highend residential design. His passion grew for creating higher education landscape master plans and implementing those project visions over time. This passion evolved into a desire to help his clients create meaningful outdoor health and wellness facilities to support active and passive recreational activities.
As the Principal Civil Engineer at Activitas, Megan leads multidisciplinary teams with varying project types; from the traditional site design to Ivy League Varsity facilities. Her leadership skills were enriched as an All American field hockey player at Brown University and she continues to utilize these skills to manage her projects and her team. Meg values client input and teamwork. She believes participation and communication are key for a successful and functional design.
Pat founded Activitas in 2010 to create a design-based practice that is equally recognized for its excellence in planning, traditional landscape architecture and athletic facility design. EDUCATION: Harvard University (MLA) University of Rhode Island (BLA) University of Rhode Island (BS)
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Meg’s project involvement yields design solutions that are both appealing and innovating, as well as functional. Professionally, Meg is respected by her peers as she serves as the Secretary/Treasurer Elect of the American Sports Builders Association Board. She mentors future designers to view challenges as creative opportunities. EDUCATION: Brown University (BS)
Benjamin Gleason, RLA
Stephen Crisafulli, RLA
Design Principal
Senior Associate
Associate
Landscape Architect
Activitas’ Design Principal, Mark Novak, has led recreational master plans and athletic facility projects for the past twenty years of his career as a landscape architect. His specialty in the design of professional and collegiate facilities has elevated him as a recognized expert in the design and selection of athletic surfaces. He has published numerous articles on athletic field design and maintenance and has been an active speaker at recreational conferences.
After graduating from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Landscape Architecture, Jon began his professional career in traditional landscape design and cultivated a passion for athletic and recreation design. Working with a range of municipal and private clients, Jon manages each project team through all phases, from conceptual design and master planning to final construction and facility maintenance. Jon is a trusted source of information and provides important guidance to office staff.
Benjamin is a registered landscape architect whose professional portfolio ranges from secondary institutional athletics and wellness facilities to municipal parks and recreation facilities. Working with a range of public and private clients, Ben guides each project team through all phases, from conceptual design and master planning to final construction and facility maintenance.
Steve graduated cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Landscape Architecture and a minor in Community Planning. He was a member of the Honor Society Sigma Lambda Alpha and the URI Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Mark is involved in every project that moves through the firm. His ability to step back and look at the bigger picture throughout a project’s development helps to ensure that the proposed path is the best and most appropriate; a trait of great importance to our clients. EDUCATION: Cornell University (BS)
Ben has extensive knowledge and a passion for creating environmentally responsible and user-oriented landscapes. Having developed an acute eye He excels in graphic design for detail, Jon conducts Quality presentation utilizing hand Assurance / Quality Control on sketches, computer generated Construction Documentation models, and digital renderings. He within the office. This review is a key is a highly efficient and organized manager which allows for efficient element in ensuring contractors project management throughout provide precise pricing and that all phases of the design process. the design meets the budget. EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts (BLA)
EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (BLA)
Steve has a strong interest in graphic design and the New England landscape. He excels at graphic presentation and construction documentation. His professional background has focused on residential design and construction, athletic facility design, master planning, and community planning.
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Jonathan Charwick, ASLA
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Mark Novak, RLA
Steve is an active member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Sports Builders Association. EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (BLA)
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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL
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Landscape Architecture Civil Engineering Master Planning Feasibility Studies Conceptual / Schematic Design Design Development Fundraising/Marketing 2D & 3D Graphics Planting Design Wetland Restoration Regulatory Permitting Construction Documentation Project Bidding Construction Administration Post Construction Services Maintenance & Life Cycling Planning Outdoor Athletic Surface Consulting Indoor Athletic Surface Consulting
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Activitas has extensive experience providing our services to a comprehensive portfolio of public, private, and professional clientele in the planning, development, and maintenance of their facilities. It is our intention that our clients have all the tools they need to support their facility and users long after their projects are complete.
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
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ACTIVITAS AND THE ASBA Activitas is actively involved in the American Sports Builders Association (ASBA). ASBA is the industry‘s top athletic focused association promoting and educating their members on all aspects of quality design and construction. Activitas has been a member of ASBA since Activitas’ inception in 2011, and firm members have been involved in the ASBA since 2001. Activitas has been fortunate to be actively involved in the Association’s many accomplishments.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM
Meg Buczynski is one of only two professionals in the country to hold the Professional Certificate of Distinction in ASBA. This is the highest achievement afforded to ASBA Professional members. Meg’s portfolio of projects, work ethic, and patient demeanor are the solid basis of her receiving this accolade.
RECENT ASBA AWARD WINNERS University of North Carolina Karen Shelton Field Hockey Stadium Single Field Facility Silver Award (2020) Dexter Southfield School Main Field Single Field Facility of the Year Award (2019) Babson College Tennis Courts Outdoor Tennis Facility of the Year Award (2019) BABSON COLLEGE BABSON TENNIS COURTS Babson Park, MA
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PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER SOROTA TRACK & FIELD Andover, MA
ATHLETIC & WELLNESS EXPERIENCE Activitas continually collaborates with private educational institutions throughout New England and across the country in developing plans and strategies for their athletic and recreation venues.
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Beaver Country Day School Brimmer & May School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Dedham Country Day School Dexter Southfield School Fay School The Governor’s Academy Greenwich Country Day School Groton School Milton Academy Noble and Greenough The Park School Phillips Academy Andover Proctor Academy The Rivers School Roxbury Latin School St. Mark’s School St. Sebastian’s School Shady Hill School Tabor Academy The Winsor School
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Our principals’ rich history of continuous work with our educational clients is a result of our professional relationships being built on trust and accomplishment. Here are some of our valued NEPSAC partners.
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BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Cambridge, MA
Activitas’s relationship with Beaver Country Day School began in 2013 when our firm was hired to lead the design efforts to ambitiously reorganize, renovate, and reinvigorate the campus’s Upper Field. Following a successful construction, the project received a Merit Award from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, underscoring Beaver’s commitment to a “futurefocused education” - always aiming to look beyond tradition. Since the Upper Field’s inception, Activitas has naturally transitioned into an oncall Landscape Architect for the campus, conducting a campus-wide accessibility study, overseeing pathway improvements, and working handin-hand with the Beaver Marketing Department in development of new outdoor signage. In 2015 Activitas partnered with Beaver and its Summer Camp Program Director to design and implement a new woodland playground, and in 2017 Activitas lead efforts to renovate the school’s natural grass Lower Field.
(e) cdoyle@bcdschool.org (d) 617.738.2757
“After completing a major addition to the school, the back side of the campus needed some attention. The field had been used as a staging site for the construction project and needed a complete rebuild. Drainage, particularly on the softball field had always been an issue and Activitas worked with the school to address that and a few other concerns. Now the school has a top quality softball
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CONTACT Mr. Christopher Doyle Director of Buildings and Grounds Beaver Country Day School 791 Hammond Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
The Upper Field project received a 2015 Merit Award from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects.
diamond and the field is used by our other teams and camp extensively. With the field done, Activitas helped us with another eyesore that could be seen from our new addition-the dumpsters and maintenance storage area. Activitas took in concerns about aesthetics and logistics to create their design.”
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PROPOSED FOOTBALL (160’ xBB&N 360’) ATHLETIC FIELD USES SOCCER (195’ x 348’- 4”) FIELD HOCKEY (180’ x 300’) FOOTBALL (160’x360’) GIRLS LACROSSE (180’ x 330’) SOCCER (195’x348’-4”) BOYS LACROSSE (180’ x 330’) FIELD HOCKEY (180’x300’) SOFTBALL (25’ BACKSTOP, 197’ OUTFIELD FENCE) GIRLS LACROSSE (180’x330’) BOYS LACROSSE (180’x330’) SOFTBALL (25’ BACKSTOP, 197’ OUTFIELD FENCE)
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BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS Cambridge, MA
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BB&N’S BB&N’SPROPOSED PROPOSED MULTI-PURPOSE MULTI-PURPOSE SYNTHETIC SYNTHETIC TURF TURFFIELDS FIELDS
Activitas’ most recent project with BB&N is the conceptual design for the expansion of their athletic facilities onto a newly acquired property close to campus and adjacent to Watertown’s Filippello Park. Activitas has provided due diligence, conceptual layouts, and cost estimating services to BB&N to provide the Administration with the information they need to confidently move this important project forward. The Activitas - BB&N relationship continues to grow because it has been built on mutual respect, trust, and a dedication to providing the BB&N Community with facilities that will strengthen their commitment to success providing the BB&N community with recreational facilities that meet their needs for success. CONTACT Ms. Cynthia Westerman Owner’s Project Manager (e) cynthiawesterman@verizon.net (d) 617.823.7822
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Members of Activitas have been working with BB&N since the early 2000’s and have been fortunate to continue that relationship to this very day. Beginning with the renovation of the Lower School Playground area to a multi-purpose synthetic surface, Patrick Maguire and Megan Buczynski continued to work with BB&N on the Middle School Courtyard Renovation project, the Upper School Grass to Turf Conversion project, and numerous studies of the main athletic campus as well as at Buckingham Fields.
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DEXTER SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL Brookline, MA
Subsequent to finishing the complete renovation and expansion of Farm Field (Dexter Southfield’s natural grass baseball and softball facilities), Dexter Southfield turned to Activitas again for the renovation and expansion of Main Field.
CONTACTS Mr. Ian Moorhouse Director of Operations Dexter Southfield School 20 Newton Street Brookline, MA 02445
Mr. Ted Fire Director of Construction The Kraft Group / Gillette Stadium One Patriot Place Foxborough, MA 02035
(e) IMoorhouse@dextersouthfield.org (e) tedf@thekraftgroup.com (d) 617.751.3543 (d) 508.384.4310
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The Main Field project was recognized by the American Sports Builders Association as the 2019 Single Field Facility of the Year.
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Located in the heart of the Dexter Southfield campus, Main Field is the school’s outdoor activity hub for athletics, physical education, recreation, summer camps, and special campus events. Activitas worked closely with Dexter Southfield administration to provide fast-track design, permitting, and construction administration services for a first-class athletic field facility that also fit seamlessly into their existing campus fabric. One feature from the project that serves the entire school community is an elegant amphitheater of tiered masonry walls and stairways. It was built into an existing natural grass slope and provides premium site lines to every point of the field. A detailed analysis of existing and proposed circulation patterns was also performed. A hierarchical system of walkways and drives around the facility provide connectivity between major campus elements, including the newly constructed Kraft Fieldhouse & Arena.
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MILTON ACADEMY Milton, MA
Activitas has worked with Milton Academy on various athletic field projects for the past two decades. After performing a feasibility study for the first synthetic turf field on campus, Activitas was retained to provide complete design, permitting, and construction administration services for the renovation of an undersized natural grass field.
CONTACT Ms. Heidi Vanderbilt Brown Chief Financial and Operating Officer Milton Academy 170 Centre Street Milton, MA 02186 (e) heidi_vanderbilt-brown@milton.edu (d) 617. 898. 2293
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The Berylson Field project was recognized by the American Sports Builders Association as a 2020 Distinguished Single Field Facility.
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Through the design of the synthetic turf field, Activitas and Milton Academy re-imagined how the existing facility is used, accessed, and viewed. The infield of adjacent Nash Field, Milton’s varsity baseball field, was reconfigured to reduce an overly expansive “out-of-play” area behind home plate to allow for the expansion of the Berylson Field. A formal walkway, gateway and granite stairway leads student athletes and spectators from parking areas and the campus athletic center to the Berylson Field. Activitas took full advantage of the existing topography at the sidelines of the field to create unique experiences for spectators and student athletes alike. A couple of the design enhancements at the sidelines of the field were a tiered masonry spectator seating area that is elevated above the field for ideal site lines and intimate team areas that are visually obstructed from adjacent residential properties.
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PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER Andover, MA
Patrick Maguire, Owner and Managing Principal of Activitas, has been a campus landscape architect and athletic field consultant for “Andover” since the late 1990’s. Pat began working at Andover during a campus master plan providing design recommendations for the campus as a whole. In the early 2000’s Pat and his team took a deeper, more comprehensive look at the campus for expansion of athletic facilities. This included consideration for reconfiguration of courts and fields, additional outdoor recreational space to support growing programs, and surface types along with lighting to maximize usage of space.
CONTACT Mr. Casey Russo Assistant Project Manager, Facilities Services at Brandeis University Previous Capitol Projects Manager at Phillips Academy Andover Office of Capital Projects MS 111, 415 South Street Waltham, MA 02453 (e) crusso@brandeis.edu (d) 781.736.5102
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Activitas continues to work with Andover providing review and modifications to the Campus Master Plan as new projects are implemented. Our commitment to our clients is everlasting, as our relation with Andover exhibits.
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
Several projects resulted from this master plan with members of Activitas providing the design services. Phelps Field, the existing Varsity Football Stadium, was renovated from grass to synthetic turf with new athletic lighting to improve field quality and support extended usage of the stadium. Smoyer Field was renovated to replace the existing under performing natural grass varsity soccer field with a new under-drained and irrigated high performance natural grass field. Most recently, Activitas assisted Andover with the Sorota Track Renovation - a full renovation of the existing track and throwing/jumping event areas.
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THE RIVERS SCHOOL Weston, MA
The Rivers School’s growth over the past decade has resulted in the development of several new buildings on campus. This includes the Revers Center for Science and Visual Arts which was constructed on a portion of the school’s pre-existing turf football field in the middle of the campus. Rivers retained Activitas in 2018 to provide design services for the complete renovation of Davis Field to support a number of their other outdoor athletic programs, including a new home for football. Davis Field was an undersized grass field, but through the acquisition of an adjacent property and utilization of unused campus space, Activitas was able to expand the field to fit two full size playing fields greatly expanding the usability of the space. Located within two different towns (Weston and Natick), along a historic town road, within close proximity to a neighborhood, and within buffer zones to resource areas, Activitas and Rivers worked closely together to gain approvals through Conservation Commission and Planning Boards within the Towns. Through careful planning, design, and project team coordination the project was designed, permitted, and constructed to meet the needs of Rivers and their community on-time and on-budget. CONTACTS Mr. Benjamin McGovern Mr. Jon Wasserman Director of Facilities Director of Finance & Operation Rivers School Rivers School 333 Winter Street 333 Winter Street Weston, MA 02493 Weston, MA 02493 (e) b.mcgovern@rivers.org (d) 781.235.9300
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(e) j.wasserman@rivers.org (d) 339.686.2232
ST. SEBASTIAN’S SCHOOL Needham, MA
St. Sebastian’s and Activitas’ relationship began when the principals of Activitas designed the complete renovation of St. Sebastian’s upper athletic fields. The Arrows’ baseball, soccer, football, and lacrosse fields were converted from natural grass to synthetic turf and a new natural grass practice field was created through adjacent property acquisition.
(e) Eric_Ludwig@stsebs.org (d) 781.247.0277
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CONTACT Mr. Eric Ludwig Director of Buildings and Grounds St. Sebastian’s School 1191 Greendale Avenue Needham, MA 02492
Interscholastic Athletics and Wellness Experience
In 2017, St. Sebastian’s and Activitas dusted off the play book and partnered once again for the re-surfacing design of the synthetic turf fields that were originally constructed in 2007. Simultaneously, St. Sebastian’s was undergoing a significant expansion to their main school building and worked with Activitas to completely redesign their existing natural grass, lower athletic field in synthetic turf. The existing field was undersized and used by their JV baseball and soccer programs. Activitas went through several design iterations with the St. Sebastian’s project team to maximize the field size and to establish new connections points between other campus elements. Due to the project’s proximity to the Charles River, Activitas also assisted with an extensive permitting process and the design of subsurface stormwater storage chambers under the proposed field.
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EXPANDED PORTFOLIO In addition to our secondary institutional experience, Activitas’s expanded portfolio encompasses projects spanning from residential to municipalities to collegiate and professional athletics. Activitas’s discerning and diverse clientele reaffirms our ability to design awarding projects that weaves the natural environment into the client’s mission. We invite you to contact our clients to understand our process and communication skills which are essential to the planning and design process.
TESTIMONIAL “Since the addition of multiple synthetic turf fields throughout Weymouth, not only have we been able to provide superior playing surfaces for our residents, we have also become a destination for athletic events throughout the year. Various user groups have made use of the fields here in Weymouth to host tournaments on nearly every holiday weekend and many club programs now call Weymouth their “home”. During any tournament weekend, it is not uncommon to meet families from throughout New England and from much of the east coast and beyond. One of the great ancillary benefits is the impact that being the “host” has had for the local community. Bringing new people into the area provides a significant boost to many of the local businesses. Hotels, restaurants, coffee shops have all seen a sizeable spike in business due to the influx of new customers to the area – simply by providing new fields. I cannot say enough great things about the positive impact that our new fields have had for Weymouth and Activitas has been a great partner on this journey.”
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NEW ALUMNI SOCCER STADIUM PLAY SURFACE Notre Dame, IN
Mr. Stephen Reilly Town of Weymouth Recreation Director
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH LIBBY FIELD Weymouth, MA
AMHERST COLLEGE GYM FLOOR RENOVATION Amherst, MA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY BERYLSON FIELD Allston, MA
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MEMORIAL FIELD Hanover, NH
SIMMONS COLLEGE DALY FIELD TENNIS COURTS Brighton, MA
ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL COURTYARD West Roxbury, MA
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION NEW TRAINING FACILITY Foxborough, MA
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA HARVARD STADIUM AIR STRUCTURE KAREN SHELTON STADIUM Allston, MA Chapel Hill, NC
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STEINBRENNER STADIUM Cambridge, MA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HARVARD STADIUM AIR STRUCTURE Allston, MA
BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD Boston, MA
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE FIELD HOUSE RESURFACING & CURTAIN REPLACEMENT South Hadley, MA
COLBY COLLEGE SOCCER FIELD Waterville, ME
GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Greenwich, CT
Mark Novak, rla mjn @ activitas.com 781.355.7043 70 Milton Street | Dedham, MA 02026-2915 781.326.2600 | activitas.com
Megan Buczynnski, meb @ activitas.com 781.355.7040
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