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now+next In Boston’s Inner Harbor, the firm is bringing its noted resilient design leadership to Clippership Wharf, a 12-acre, mixeduse community offering sweeping views of the skyline from Charlestown to South Boston. TAT’s master plan and design for the Lendlease-led development comprises a combined 478 residential units. Designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification, the development includes four buildings with retail space and below ground parking. Phase I, Slip65, is comprised of 80 condominiums. Additional phasing includes 284 apartments across two buildings. The plan includes a Harborwalk, oceanfront area, and a floating dock where pedestrians can launch kayaks. Phase II, Slip45, includes 114 condominiums and waterfront mixed-use space. A living shoreline and other strategic landscaping tactics are key elements of the project’s aggressive 100year resiliency strategy that seeks to absorb possible storm surges while also improving public access to the water. Clippership Wharf images continued inside.
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rom reactivating underutilized assets, to unlocking new opportunities in dense urban areas, and reimagining a 1 million-square-foot Rochester landmark, these in-process works reveal the power of innovative design solutions to make communities more livable, prosperous, and more resilient.
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ADAPTIVE REUSE + PREFAB CONSTRUCTION HELP ADDRESS HOUSING SHORTAGES
Faced with a persistent shortage in housing supply across the U.S., architects and developers are responding with solutions that demonstrate the continued value of adaptive reuse, and the benefits of new approaches including prefabricated and modular construction. Across the northeast, TAT is reactivating formerly vacant or underutilized assets as new housing. In Boston’s South End, 100 Shawmut maximizes the potential of its site by adding a seven-story contemporary addition to a historic warehouse, for a total of 138 new condominium units. “Integrating adaptive reuse and new construction is a great way to address housing shortages while respecting a neighborhood’s character,” says Tom Schultz, AIA, NCARB. “We’re able to create value for the community by preserving historic fabric and looking to the future at the same time.”
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NEW RESIDENTIAL + MIXEDUSE OPPORTUNITIES TRANSFORM URBAN CORES With new air rights developments, hotel towers, and uniquely positioned multifamily properties, many urban cores are set for major transformation in 2020 as closely watched and long-awaited projects reach major milestones.
Design teams are also unlocking new opportunities in dense, built-up urban areas where large sites are hard to find. In Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood, TAT’s Archer Residences reimagines two six-story former university buildings as a single, 172,000-square-foot residential property featuring a contemporary roof top addition with 3 penthouse units and a sweeping landscaped roof terrace.
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ON THE RISE: SMALLER CITIES POISED FOR RESURGENCE As one of the country’s fastest-growing Rust Belt cities, Rochester, NY is on a path towards a new era of success. One of the linchpins of this recovery is Sibley Square, the TAT-designed conversion of a 1-million-square-foot former downtown department store into multifamily housing, a community marketplace, and high-tech workplace environments. A major indoor market is set to open within the phased, WinnDevelopment-led project this year.
Michael D. Binette, AIA NCARB Vice President + Principal
Project: 100 Sha
3 BIG THINGS WE’LL SEE IN 2020
awmut | Client: The Davis Companies| Renderer: Neoscape
Project: The Mercantile on Main | Client: WinnDevelopment | Renderer: Neoscape
Project: The Archer Residences | Client: JDMD Owner, LLC | Renderer: Neoscape
A PROJECT FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS:
CLIPPERSHIP WHARF It is essential that designers develop thoughtful design responses to the challenge of rising sea levels if we are to preserve our urban shorelines. Such responses will require sensitive interventions in existing waterfront neighborhoods to adapt to an inevitable future condition, innovative new construction, and sufficient imagination to preserve the
charm and culture of our present waterfronts in both instances. — Michael Liu, AIA NCARB, Vice President + Principal
TAT considers not only the impact of sea level rise, but also the experience of people who live and work in waterfront and coastal areas. Innovative communities like Clippership Wharf demonstrate that by taking an insightful, creative approach to climate
adaptation, it’s possible to design for resiliency and improve livability at the same time. Comprising of 29,276 square feet, the living shoreline is a marsh recreation that reintroduces native species and rebuilds the natural habitat in the intertidal zone, the land between the low and the high tide. Flanked by the Harborwalk, it grows with changing sea levels to act as a natural flood barrier.
THE COMPANY WE KEEP The Architectural Team has been a trusted partner for more than 30 years. We share a passion for discovering innovative design solutions for challenging developments. The firm’s ability to understand our business objectives and respond with a strategic and
creative approach is why we’ve shared so many award-winning successes. — Larry Curtis, President + Managing Partner, WinnDevelopment
Yarn Works | Photographer: Andy Ryan
Voke Lofts | Photographer: Warren Jagger
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Counting House Lofts | Photographer: Andy Ryan
Loft Five50 | Photographer: Gregg Shupe
TAT has been a long-time, trusted partner in Winn’s efforts to consistently deliver high-impact, mixed-income and mixed-use developments. Together we have the unmatched capability and expertise to preserve and repurpose iconic historic buildings as well as construct new communities. It is especially gratifying to know that we both value the goal of bringing quality housing, prosperity and improved economic impact to the communities we serve. — Gilbert Winn, Chief Executive Officer, WinnDevelopment
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ONE CHESTNUT PLACE Location: Quincy, MA Client: Peter O’Connell Construction Renderer: TAT
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THE RESIDENCES AT MACHON Location: Swampscott, MA Client: B’nai B’rith Housing Renderer: TAT CHESTNUT COMMONS Location: Providence, RI Client: Waldorf Capital Management Renderer: BASE3D
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Rising sea levels are threatening Boston, much of which was built on landfill over the past 300 years along a 50-square-mile harbor. Fifty years from now, our low-lying city is on track to have significant flooding events once a month, costing $1.4B annually. Client: Lendlease Photographer: Ed Wonsek