Boston, MA
At the Back Bay site of the Harvard Club, the firm refurbished guest rooms, then expanded and created new fitness and dining facilities.
A former unused storage basement was adapted into a fully equipped fitness center and restaurant. New squash courts with glass fronts opened up the formerly dark underground interiors. Designers “found space” in the lower level to provide a generously proportioned, bright aerobics room and well-equipped fitness room. The lower-level dining area was first conceived as a juice bar, but blossomed into a restaurant instead. Throughout the interior, bright lighting, open spaces with glass, and the playful use of classical elements, such as a freestanding Ionic column, transformed a claustrophobic, leftover storage space into an attractive commercial asset for the club.