Public transportation and parking along the Boston Waterfront
Potential to link top Boston visitor attractions by water transportation
Threshold spaces to the aquarium
Existing front plaza space allocations
NEAq campus – interior spaces
View corridors
Proposed distribution of exterior spaces – two “front doors”
Existing exterior surface materials
Existing exterior signage
Plaza concept – offset, inground blue light bars
Plaza concept – ocean maps of Boston and the Atlantic Ocean at different scales
Plaza concept – water feature focus
Plaza concept – extending green space
Plaza concept – radial glass canopy
Plaza concept – tensile canopy structures
Plaza concept – water element with radial pergola
New England Aquarium Campus Master Plan
| Boston MA
Overview: The New England Aquarium engaged Bertaux+Iwerks Architects to develop a program for the exterior master plan of the Central Wharf Campus. The intent of the project was to programmatically link the exterior environment of Central Wharf to the Aquarium’s new “Action Plan,” which refocused the aquarium’s mission around the themes of discovery and lasting change.
Making use of Bertaux+Iwerks Architects’ OUTCOME-DRIVEN design™, the programming process identified the desired outcomes of each stakeholder group and utilized their feedback to “score” the importance of outcomes based on the relative level of importance (for success) and current level of satisfaction for a given outcome. This process resulted in a list of prioritized outcomes that was used to steer and evaluate the subsequent master planning process.
Client: Services:
New England Aquarium
Outcome analysis, master planning, and programming