District Hall, Boston, by Hacin + Associates
Gustav Hoiland District Hall, Boston, by Hacin + Associates

Category: Work
Honorable Mention

Boston’s new innovation center, District Hall, is the first completed structure in the 23-acre Seaport Square development. Boston-based Hacin + Associates took cues from the site’s railyard past for the design of the steel-framed, metal-panel-clad building, drawing upon boxcars, boats, and warehouses as inspiration. The 12,000-square-foot structure includes a restaurant and café, a 250-person event space, and lounge and workspaces. In support of the center’s purpose as an incubator, the interiors are designed to be easily reconfigurable, and include roll-down partitions, Haworth furniture, IdeaPaint wall surfaces, and Philips Color Kinetics programmable LEDs.

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Exterior.
Gustav Hoiland Exterior.
Exterior.
Gustav Hoiland Exterior.
Café.
Bruce T. Martin Café.
Gathering area.
Bruce T. Martin Gathering area.
Bar.
Gustav Hoiland Bar.
Café.
Gustav Hoiland Café.
Site plan.
Courtesy Hacin + Associates Site plan.