Existing departmental space was reconfigured to meet new program needs. To keep construction costs down, existing elements were salvaged for reuse including doors,door frames, door hardware, and light fixtures. Ceiling grid layouts for the newly shaped rooms were designed around existing sprinkler head locations to eliminate adjustment of the existing fire-sprinkler system. The resulting reorganizedroom configuration increases useable areabyreducing unnecessarycirculation spacewithin theoffice suite.

University of MassachusettsBoston, McCormack Hall – Department of Public Policy & Public Affairs Office Renovations

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