WORK: Commercial
60 Commercial Wharf
Boston, MA
Blue Front Technologies, located at 60 Commercial Wharf, is a dynamic and growing telecommunications office located in Boston’s Historic North End. The street level of Commercial Wharf overlooking Boston Harbor had a lot of potential, but the long and narrow configuration of the space, with a total of three windows, made for a drab interior with scarcely any natural sunlight. By incorporating sliding glass doors and office partitions we established a clear view from the front to back of the 1,400 sf space. Decades of paint were stripped from the ceiling joists and brick walls to expose raw finishes that were splashed with cove lighting and wall washers. Applying mirrored-surfaces at window jambs helped to bounce light into the interior from the waterfront, to achieve a bright, crisp and colorful place to work.
The Black Dog
Plymouth, MA
Black Dog Plymouth will be a new concept for the Martha’s Vineyard-based brand, and for the first time incorporating a rum bar, showcasing their distilled offerings alongside their popular restaurant cafe, and ever-expanding retail shop. JSD will help transform 5,000 sf of street-level retail space in a proposed condominium development at the head of Plymouth Harbor, in what is anticipated to be part of a revitalized harbor walk.
Western Front Dispensary
Plymouth, MA
Marijuana dispensaries are opening throughout Boston and its neighboring communities, and JSD has experience in programming the highly specific retail and back-of-house spaces that this project type requires. A non-descript commercial storefront in a light commercial/residential neighborhood required specific space planning to over 5,000 sf of interior space and adjacent work bar to manage customer overflow. It also required thoughtful treatment to the exterior: A well-lit storefront and parking area, landscape buffer and dressed up exterior that enhanced the streetscape but created a modest presence as an abutter to a densely settled residential neighborhood.
Ironwood Investments
Boston, MA
Ironwood Investments wanted to emphasize the proximity of its new office space to the Rose Kennedy Greenway and Boston Harbor, and so the office fit-up became driven by the goal of translucence through the use of sliding panel systems. The resulting “portal to the outside” was achieved using DIIRT Wall, configured to provide views from every vantage point within the office, all against the backdrop of a serine finish palette.