Cambridge MA – HMFH Architects received a 2011 Preservation Achievement Award from the Boston Preservation Alliance for its work on the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. The awards are bestowed annually to honor outstanding achievements in historic preservation and compatible new construction in Boston. The Boston Renaissance Charter Public School has been honored in the category of Rehabilitation of a Historic Industrial Space.
Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, the original building was constructed between 1889 and 1923 and housed the operations of the American Tool & Manufacturing Company. Situated on a six acre campus, the academic complex is a mix of renovated buildings and new construction and is home to 1,100 pre-kindergarten to sixth grade students from ten city neighborhoods.
HMFH’s design for the school included the renovation of an existing, three-story mill building and warehouse, as well as a new 20,000sf addition that connects the two buildings. The mill building is now a state-of-the-art classroom facility, and the warehouse building houses a gymnasium, cafeteria with performance platform, multimedia center, music classrooms and dance studios. The connecting addition contains a new administrative wing, kindergarten wing and support facilities.
Led by HMFH Architects, Inc., the project team included Daedalus Projects, Inc.; GLC Development Resources; Boston Redevelopment Authority; Suffolk Construction; Lim Consultants, Inc.; Garcia Galuska DeSousa Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Nitsch Engineering, Inc.; Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, Inc.; Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.; Colburn and Guyette, and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger.