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Community Rowing Boathouse in Boston
Club House Building Development, Boston, USA – design by Anmahian Winton Architects
Jan 11, 2018
Community Rowing Boathouse
Design: Anmahian Winton Architects
Location: Boston, USA
Our Lady of The Fields

This new boathouse for Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI) provides a home for the largest public rowing organization in the country and supports more than half the rowers on the Charles River. It offers rowing opportunities at all skill levels, as well as innovative programming for underserved populations, including Boston public middle school students, the physically disabled, and veterans.
Critical to the organization was that its first permanent home reflect its deep commitment to environmental stewardship and embody its mission of ?Rowing for All.? Long used as a staging area for heavy construction equipment, the site required considerable mediation, in order to restore its habitat.

Sustainability initiatives improved soil permeability, implemented stormwater and rainwater re-use systems, employed responsibly sourced building materials, and used geothermal wells, natural ventilation, and expanded thermal comfort boundaries to significantly reduce typical energy demands.

The river, an urban park system, bike paths, pedestrian routes, and local roads converge at this location to create an ideal activity center for this much-needed communi...