Architects: Touloukian Touloukian Inc.
Client: Paul V Profeta & Associates, Inc.
Contractor: Resilient Buildings Group
Structural Engineers: Studio NYL
Landscape Architects: Halvorson Design
Photographers: Courtesy of the Architects
The 16-acre site is designed to include a three story office space. The project reverses the conventional, inwardly focused commercial building by implementing a flexible floor plan and indoor/outdoor program that advances human health and wellness.
The structure includes innovative Cross Laminated Timbers to be the first of its kind in New England. Lumber cut from the site is harvested and brought to local saw mills to create CLT structural panels that lower the carbon footprint for the project. Wood structural bays provide tenants an open floor plan with large, uninterrupted views to the outdoors. Tenants are brought together at the ground level to a full cafeteria that faces a large lawn space with outdoor seating.
The project design is registered with the USGBC and the International Living Future Institute, and is projected to be LEED Platinum, Net Zero Energy and Living Building Certified.