dLAB Studio
An exploration of our firm's small projects and research
PHILOSOPHY
The building and it’s former parking deck were transformed to create the college’s first and only outdoor campus space. The new plaza has become a place for events, impromptu concerts, and group study. The park is activated by re-orienting the entry to face the park, and back towards the main campus buildings on Mass Ave, thereby engaging students.
Peter Vanderwarker
The building and it’s former parking deck were transformed to create the college’s first and only outdoor campus space. The new plaza has become a place for events, impromptu concerts, and group study. The park is activated by re-orienting the entry to face the park, and back towards the main campus buildings on Mass Ave, thereby engaging students.
Peter Vanderwarker
The old entrance and vestibule is captured by a glass storefront to create an interior café seating area in dialogue with the exterior that becomes the new hub for cultivating an environment of social learning and collaboration. The space has also proven to be an extremely popular place for study and campus events.
Peter Vanderwarker
An LED-lit sign of structural steel and metal mesh clads the new entry and café. The signage creates an outdoor extension of the café seating, and hints at the industrial materials used to re-make the interior of this otherwise benign urban building.
Peter Vanderwarker
Each floor is supported by it’s own student lounge which serves as a gathering space for students to study between classes and engage with professors outside their offices. A unique distinctive color palette highlights each floor and gives departments the own identity.
Peter Vanderwarker
