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District Hall, located in South Boston’s Seaport Square, is a freestanding, city-sponsored innovation center, the first of its kind in the country. The single-story pavilion was also the first building completed in Seaport Square. Conceived as a fostering environment for innovators and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and host events, the space has grown to become a multi-purpose community center where students study, runners hydrate, and working professionals socialize. Built on the site of the former waterfront rail yards, the building’s architecture is inspired in material and form by the industrial uses that characterize the area. The building includes a restaurant and café [Gather and Brew], an assembly space, a gathering space with seating and worktables, and a series of flex spaces. Outside, the adjacent park was designed in collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects.

  • Client
  • Boston Global Investors in partnership with the City of Boston
  • Collaborators
  • John Moriarty & AssociatesReed Hilderbrand Landscape ArchitectureCafco Construction ManagementVanderweil EngineersMcNamara Salvia Structural EngineersNitsch EngineeringHaley & AldrichKalin AssociatesJacobs EngineeringAcentech
  • Photography
  • Eric LucianoGustav HoilandBruce T. Martin
  • Awards & Press
  • THE BOSTON GLOBE DEBATING DISTRICT HALLS FUTUREFAST COMPANY CAN YOU DESIGN INNOVATION?IMPROPER BOSTONIAN KICK THE CUBE TO THE CURBARCHITECTURAL RECORD GOOD DESIGN IS GOOD BUSINESSARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER HIGH TECH HISTORY BY HACIN + ASSOCIATESARCHDAILY DISTRICT HALL, BOSTONS PUBLIC INNOVATION CENTERARCHITECT MAGAZINE 2014 ANNUAL DESIGN REVIEW | HONORABLE MENTIONTHE BOSTON GLOBE INNOVATION DISTRICT NEEDS A HUMAN TOUCHARCHITECTURAL RECORD INDEMAND CITIES: BOSTONID BOSTON MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHT ON HACIN + ASSOCIATESFAST COMPANY A BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING MEANT TO SPARK INNOVATIONPHANTOM GOURMET GATHER ON BOSTONS WATERFRONTMETROPOLIS GATHERING PLACEDESIGN NEW ENGLAND THE HUB OF THE HUBTHE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER HALL OF TECHBOSTINNO.COM THE DEBUT OF DISTRICT HALL, THE CLUBHOUSE FOR THE INNOVATION COMMUNITYBOSTON COMMON MAGAZINE THE MEN WHO HELPED BUILD BOSTONTHE BOSTON GLOBE MENINO SAVORS PREVIEW OF INNOVATION DISTRICT HUBBOSTON.COM CHECKING IN ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOSTON INNOVATION CENTERTHE BOSTON GLOBE SEAPORT ADDING INNOVATION CENTER