51 melcher Street
97,000 sq.ft
Renovation: Under Construction
Boston, MA
51 Melcher Street is a core and shell conversion of an
existing office building to 60/40 lab/office use located
in the heart of the Fort Point District of Boston. As the
building itself is a registered historic landmark, one of
the primary goals of the project is active preservation,
the idea being that the design team's focus was to
implement a complete overhaul of the building systems,
increase building efficiency, and add interventions to
allow for the more robust use, all while ensuring the impact
to the building itself and the surrounding urban environment
was left unchanged. In addition to the preservation
component, the project team has made a commitment to
LEED Gold Certified and has taken strides into minimizing
risk for future sea level rise, working closely with the BPDA
and city officials to ensure the project is exceeding standards
of historic conversions.