Chestnut Hill, Ma –Delta Design & Construction of Medford announced that the Robert Lloyd Corkin Visual Arts Center located on the Brimmer and May School campus in Chestnut Hill, has been completed.
Delta partnered with Imai Keller Moore architects on this $1.6 million, 2600sf ground up art studio. The building, constructed on the original footprint, was designed to maintain the original historic character of the late 1800’s carriage house on the three sides that faced the neighborhood.
The north side of the building, by contrast, was given a two-story wood curtain wall, illuminating the major studio spaces, and providing views to the wooded hillside beyond. The mix of old and new is most visible at the upper level, where reclaimed lumber rafters carry the eye up to the cupola above. The project includes two 2-d studios, and a ceramics studio.
The art studio will provide space for three art studios and a ceramics studio as well as exhibit space for the students to display their work.
“This was an exciting project to be a part of and it was great working with both Brimmer and May School and IKM. The project team really came together to overcome many challenges and together we completed a wonderful art studio,” stated Derek Pelletier, president of Delta Design & Construction.
Brimmer and May, an early childhood through grade 12, coeducational, independent day school, serves a culturally and socio-economically diverse student body from approximately 40 communities in greater Boston and 10 foreign countries.
