EpiCenter

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Artists for Humanity EpiCenter
Designer Arrowstreet, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date June 2001 to September 2004
Building Type Office
Climate Mild Temperate
Context Urban
Architectural Style Modern
Green Certification LEED Platinum Certified
Green Certification Score 53
Street Address 100 West Second Street Walk Score
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Building Details
Client Artists for Humanity
Cost $4.3 million USD
Area 23,500 square feet (2,180 square meters)
Height 4 stories
Program Offices and facilities for 25 staff members, fine and commercial art studios and a 5000 sq ft (465 sq m) gallery space used to show student art.
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  • Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Awards, 2007.
  • U.S. Green Building Council LEED-NC, v.2/v.2.1--Level: Platinum (53 points)


"Artists For Humanity (AFH) was founded in 1991 with a mission to bridge economic, racial, and social divisions and provide underserved youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in the arts. Its new urban headquarters, the EpiCenter, provides fine and commercial art studios and a 5000 ft2 (465 m2) gallery space used to show student art; the gallery is also rented out for events."

"The founder of AFH, Susan Rodgerson, saw the building project as an extension the organization, with its social mission at the heart of the design principles. As the organization is invested in the education an empowerment of young people, so the building is designed to model environmental stewardship."—AIA




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  • "Urban Arts" by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek, No. 267. pE1.1.
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