Project Description
This competition-winning project for Massport was an air-rights development of 1,000,000 gsf over existing transportation infrastructure, including surface, raised and underground roadways, and a railroad track. The project was to fill the block between the emerging Seaport District development and Boston’s new Convention Center.
Green Design
Three elements in the center section of the project anchor a ‘green core’ to the design: namely the landscape roof garden or ‘bio-roof’; the naturally lit public galleria (part of which also ascends to the roof garden); and the extensive texture of photovoltaics cells on the east roof over the retail and food court. The roof-mounted photo-voltaic system would generate 60kw, 30 geothermal wells and rainwater harvesting.
Low Energy Technologies
The major technologies under consideration included: hybrid chillers using a combination of gas and electric power sources; geothermal heat transfer; heat recovery systems; PV renewable energy generation; water source heat pumps; gray water recycling; and rainwater collection.
