LEGOLAND at Assembly Row Photo: ©Bruce T Martin
Somerville, MA – Acentech Inc. has developed noise control guidelines and provided architectural acoustics consulting for Assembly Row, a new mixed-use development on 45 waterfront acres in Somerville.
Located on a previously underdeveloped site on the Mystic River, Assembly Row’s master plan was conceived and coordinated by developer Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), that retained Acentech early in the project to address the complex issue of noise control as it related to the mix of uses within the four blocks.
Assembly Row’s first phase includes 450 apartments, an AMC 12-screen movie complex, New England’s only LEGOLAND Discovery Center, designed by Darlow Christ Architects and built by Lee Kennedy Co. Also included are numerous restaurants and outlet retail stores, 100,000sf of office space, and a six-acre waterfront park.
Acentech developed succinct and prescriptive noise emissions standards that were included in FRT’s Design and Technical Manual governing tenant fit-outs. Similar standards were also applied to base building designs throughout the development. These standards were intended to ensure compliance with Somerville’s municipal noise code and to reasonably protect the various properties from each other’s noise emissions.
