Myles Standish Hall
Location / Boston, MA
Client and Owner / Miller Dyer Spears and Boston University
Myles Standish Hall underwent an extensive renovation. Copley Wolff was retained to provide landscape architectural design services for the streetscape and a new pocket park and gateway to the hall, located at the intersection of Bay State Road and Beacon Street.
The triangular-shaped pocket park connects to the interior student lounge program and provides students with a shared outdoor space equipped with sidewalks, seating, and shade trees, creating a safer east-west passage for students and the public.
The site contains strategically placed bike racks, trash and recycling units, site furnishings, signage, lighting, and seasonal planting. The paving consists of permeable pavers to mitigate water runoff and recharge the groundwater table.
Image Credits: Anthony Crisafulli
