Boston – Dimeo is underway with Phase 2 of the Massachusetts College of Art & Design Bakalar and Paine Galleries renovation project in Boston, designed by designLAB architects. The work is primarily focused on the interior renovation of the gallery-affiliated spaces and the completion of the plaza initiated in Phase 1.
Interior work includes extensive demolition, full abatement of asbestos-containing materials, upgrading the building systems, conforming to current ADA accessibility standards, addition of an elevator and reconfiguring spaces to allow for the introduction of new, and expansion of current gallery programs.
Also included are ADA upgrades to existing south building classrooms. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2019.
Dimeo completed Phase 1 of the renovation which included enabling site work to bring new services into South Building from Palace Road, and landscape improvements to complete the first plaza off Huntington Avenue and connect the landscaping back to the Design and Media Center.
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” The transformation of this very worn 1906 building to a state- of-the-art, accredited by the American Association of Museums, has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. This is genuinely a project that State and their client, Mass College of Art and Design will be proud of for years to come, ” said Project Manager Terri Birmingham, Sr.
