Boston, Mass – The LEED Gold-Certified, winner of the 2008 EducationDesignShowcase, Green Design Concept Award
is the first new building on the Charlestown Campus in three decades.
The Health and Wellness Center provides new classrooms, offices and state-of-the-art laboratories to serve the College’s rapidly growing nurse education and health professions programs.
The new health sciences classrooms and labs double the existing educational component included in the original study and will maximize state funding. This allows the College to accommodate several new programs, as well as allow for future expansion.
The new athletic center includes a gymnasium that meets 2008 NCAA men’s and women’s requirements. In addition it meets the height requirements for collegiate volleyball. The gymnasium seats 500 spectators on telescoping bleachers meeting MAAB/ADA requirements. There is also a unisex Team and Locker Rooms to maximize space and minimize capital. The 2,000 SF fitness center weights, treadmills, stationary bicycles, rowing machines and elliptical stair machines. The fitness center includes separate unisex changing and shower facilities.
The project incorporates sustainable design components such as daylit south facing classrooms with exterior sunshading, translucent glazing, high performance architectural pre-cast concrete, insulated sandwich panels, a “cool roof”, ultra low flow pump fixtures, and no new irrigation for the added landscaping for substantial water savings.
This state-of-the-art facility succeeds in co-locating all of the College’s healthcare programs and in making a meaningful contribution to environmental awareness.