Northeastern Columbus Place
Northeastern Columbus Place
- location:
Boston, MA
- Date:
Completed 2014
- client:
Northeastern University
- collaborators:
MEP Consultant: AKF Group, LLC
Structural Engineer: Evan Hankin, PE
Photography:John Horner
- project_team:
Principal-In-Charge: Elizabeth Whittaker
Project Architect: Anne-Sophie Divenyi
Project Manager: Jamie Pelletier
- description:
This renovation, located in Northeastern University Columbus Place & Alumni Center, is at the heart of the University’s Boston campus. The building’s existing lobby is reconfigured with a wrapped surface that seamlessly connects the formal building entry with interior programs, simultaneously defining the interior of the two-story lobby and creating a new café on the second floor. This café becomes a new social center for Northeastern University Columbus Place & Alumni Center, providing space for meetings as well as dining.
The detailing of the continuous hinged surface incorporates a large format screen, signage, and lighting to project a progressive image for the institution. The surface unifies multiple programmatic nodes, carving out areas for seating and dining while integrating areas for plantings and media into a singular formal expression.