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FORM, FUNCTION, FUGGEDABOUTIT
June 30, 2010
| Whether form follows function is for philosophy 101 classes at architecture schools to decide. But having form follow client is what helped Margulies Perruzzi Architects land recent major design jobs, like the 186k SF interior of the build-to-suit for Forrester Research. |
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| We snapped Saul Accetta, Alvaro Ribeiro, Christine Law Pestana, Janet Morra, Marc Margulies, and Vivienne Kenny who are completing the construction docs for Forrester?s vision of its new space at Discovery Park in Cambridge, ready for August 2011 move in. Marc says the research firm wants to reflect its solid, intelligent, and elegant-yet-approachable persona. That calls for lots of light, natural colors with fine wood, and stone finishes. But Forrester also wants to foster a collaborative culture. The solution: at the center a two-story atrium between floors, open work space; extra large, glass-clad stairways, a caf with seating for wireless meetings, and white boards constantly available to the staff of 1,000. |
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| It's break time (not one of the firm's rooftop cocktail parties) for the team doing an addition and new interior for the Edgewood Senior Living Center in North Andover: Tim Bailey, Cindy Gibson Murphy, Marc, Dan Perruzzi, and Jane Sullivan. Earlier this month, work was completed that added a bistro for informal dining, lots of interior space for walking, but also plenty of interior glass so the staff can assure the residents? safety (but not that of birds that get inside). The private rooms overlook the wooded grounds outside and inside have maple cabinetry, carpeting, and soft drapes. |
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| Dan, Christine, Cindy Boudreau, and Marc are showing us some of the samples they considered for a new Fallon Clinics? project in Leominster. The healthcare provider is trying out a new concept, the 13k SF Medical Home, a family practice that aims for greater efficiency by, among other things, promoting visual management. With more glass walls (suddenly a hot item, we guess) and nursing stations in the middle of floors, nurses can see where doctors and patients are to keep the practice flowing smoothly. The completed design, now under review by the state DPH, will start to take shape in the next month or two when construction starts. |
