JonesArch_Campus Master Planning & Programming

Jones Architecture Overview

Design • At Your Service

Many architecture firms talk about “balancing” design and service, as if they are walking a tightrope where one wrong move puts the whole program at risk of freefall.

We see it differently. The best architecture is not binary; there is no need to choose between beauty and service, between what the client needs and the designer wants, or vice-versa.

At Jones, service and design are symbiotic, each feeding the other in an exercise of synthesis where it becomes impossible to know when design begins and service ends — and vice-versa. Our process starts by asking, then listening; it deepens with research and response, advances with more probing and integration, and culminates in a union of ideas, needs and aspirations. In this way, service and design are intertwined such that a durable and quiet beauty emerges.

Salem, MA (headquarters) Miami, FL (satellite)

CAPABILITIES

• Master Planning

• Feasibility Study

• Programming

• Schematic Design

• Design Development

• Construction Documentation

• Construction Administration

• CADD

• Revit

• Interior Design

• Sustainable Design

• Process Renderings (and Fundraising Visuals)

• Workshopping/Consensus Building/Client Engagement

Master Plan Experience Overview

Norwich University

Academic Core Master Plan; 2017 Plan, 2019 Construction

UMass-Boston Envelope Study/Masonry Renewal, 2025

Master planning and programming efforts come in many shapes and sizes. It could be a whole campus, a precinct or cluster of buildings, a single building, or a single floor. Understanding the unique character and spirit of the place is instrumental to creating a thoughtful and tailored response to each client's goals and needs.

Some planning efforts are targeted endeavors focused on specific needs - energy, accessibility, athletics, utilization, sciences and labs. Others are more sweeping and broad.

Massasoit Comm College Accessibility Master Plan, 2021

Clients

We pride ourselves on the ability to scale our services to meet the needs of our clients. We excel at building client relationships and being a nimble design partner across a range of projects, from house doctor work valued up to $3M to major renovations, additions, and new construction valued at $90M.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Augustana College

Boston College

Boston University

Brandeis University

Bunker Hill Comunity College

Cape Cod Community College

Dartmouth College

Endicott College

Framingham State University

Goucher College

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Harvard University Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts State College Building Authority

Massasoit Community College

New England College of Optometry

New Hampshire Institute of Art

North Shore Community College

Northeastern University

Northern Essex Community College

Norwich University

NOVA Southeastern University

Olin College of Engineering

Quinsigamond Community College

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Roxbury Community College

Salem State University

Tufts University

University of Central Florida

University of Massachusetts – Amherst

University of Massachusetts – Boston

University of Massachusetts – Lowell

University of Vermont

Wheaton College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester State University

K-12 & INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Bishop Feehan High School

Boston Trinity Academy

Bradford Christian Academy

Choate Rosemary Hall

City of Boston Public Schools

Lake Howell High School

New Hampton School

Proctor Academy

St. Paul's School

The Winsor School

OTHER RECENT CLIENTS

Acella Construction

Animal Rescue League of Boston

Bagel World

Bodron + Fruit, Inc.

Brian Healy Architects

Chapman Construction and Design

City of Boston, MA

City of Salem, MA

Consigli Construction

Crowley Cottrell

Dan Hisel Architect

Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance/Office of Planning, Design & Construction

edX Corporation

42Apex

Fast Forward

Foley & Lardner LLP

Gifford Cat Shelter

Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA

Lynn Shelter Association

Massachusetts DCAMM

MiniLuxe

MIT Federal Credit Union

Munroe Center for the Arts

Noble, Wickersham & Heart LLP

North Shore Community Development Coalition

Peabody Access Television

Raw Art Works

Salas O'Brien (formerly BVH Integrated Services)

Salem Five Bank

Salem Renewal, LLC

Seger Architects

Shane Landing LLC

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

TD Garden

The Core Group

Tocci Building Companies

Town of Dracut

Windover Construction

Zero Degrees Inc.

HOUSE DOCTOR CLIENTS

Boston University

Brandeis University

Bunker Hill Community College

Cape Cod Community College

City of Boston Public Facilities Department

Dartmouth College

Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance

Harvard University – Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Harvard University – Housing & Real Estate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts State College Building Authority

Massasoit Community College

North Shore Community College

Northeastern University

Northern Essex Community College

NOVA Southeastern University

Palm Beach County Public Schools

Roxbury Community College

Salem Five Bank

Salem State University

TD Garden

Tufts University

University of Central Florida

University of Massachusetts – Amherst

University of Massachusetts – Boston

University of Massachusetts – Lowell

University of Massachusetts Building Authority

Featured Work

Master Plan

Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

VITALS:

Client: Augustana College.

Location: Rock Island, IL

Cost: Confidential.

Completed: 2024.

Scope: Master Plan.

How Green? Best practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Peter Shanahan; U3 Advisors (Land Use, Housing & Urban Edge Planning collaborator).

Augustana College engaged Jones Architecture for a campus-wide master plan revision of their 2012 efforts. The goal was to provide a 20-year vision that addressed the evolving needs of the campus and surrounding community, importantly the “college-city” edge College. The College’s strategic plan turns on three goals: 1) prioritize engaged learning; 2) maximize student potential; and 3) connect through partnership. Our master plan supports the strategic plan with a framework of the following five themes as guidance for our recommendations.

• Reinforce Campus Precincts

• Create Student Villages

• Activate Campus Edges

• Build Community Partnerships

• Address Remaining Needs

The campus has four precincts that are relatively clearly programmed. All recommendations for the master plan reinforce these precincts.

• Athletic

• Arts & Entrepreneurship

• Academic

• Residential

Guiding recommendations are structured around reinforcing the four existing precincts while embracing the rich landscape of campus and engaging the edge conditions. Jones collaborated with U3 Advisors (land use, housing & urban edge planning consultant) on this effort.

Master Plan

Norwich University, Northfield, VT

VITALS:

Client: Norwich University

Location: Northfield, VT

Cost: Confidential. Completed: 2022.

Scope: Campus Master Plan. How Green? Best practices. Photographs: © William Horne. Team: Rick Jones, Marc Perras, Sarah Tarbet, Valeria Mendoza de la Luz.

The master planning team was charged with formulating a Campus Master Plan with 2035 as the target date. This plan would build on the back of the 2004 and 2010 master plan updates which had identified 2019, the University's bicentennial, as a target date. Although the intent was to facilitate a broad look at the campus master plan with latitude to explore any relevant options, Norwich identified ten areas of focus:

• Academics

• Administrative

• Athletics

• Campus Life

• Food Service

• Infrastructure

• Preventive Maintenance

• Recreation

• Residence Halls

• ROTC

The depth to which these areas were to be explored included high level program and building concepts. We integrated these potential solutions into the campus plan as a whole, incorporating existing circulation, campus green spaces, and other factors.

Master Plan & Priority Projects / New Gymnasium Building

Boston Trinity Academy, Boston, MA

VITALS:

Client: Boston Trinity Academy Location: Boston, MA.

Cost: $7-$20M anticipated (phased); $6.5M (Gymnasium & Landscape). Completed: 2015 (Master Plan); Ongoing; December 2022 (Gymnasium & Landscape).

Scope: Study, Programming through Construction Administration. How Green? Best practices. Photographs: © William Horne.

Team: Rick Jones, Christian Strom, Jake Springer; Jad Ismail and Sandra Venus worked on the master plan; Richard Burck Associates.

With aging facilities, changing programmatic needs, and the desire to grow enrollment, this private, coed middle and upper school (grades 6-12) focused on educating young people to live a life marked by intellectual growth, dynamic faith and dedicated service, engaged Jones in the development of a master plan to envision its future. The plan proposes the renovation of the library, administrative and faculty offices, and classrooms. It also includes a new chapel, a gathering and entry lobby space coined “Main Street,” and a gymnasium and supporting recreation space. We have completed schematic design and fund-raising materials for near-term priority projects outlined in the master plan. The athletic facility was prioritized and substantially completed in 2022; other projects are contingent upon subsequent fundraising.

The newly completed 11,400 SF athletic facility has quickly become an indispensable new resource for the small campus in Hyde Park. Where BTA previously relied on travelling to rented spaces, the school's athletic programs are finally able to host their own practices, games, pep rallies, and more. The gym also serves as an event space for assemblies, school dances, commencements, and fund-raising activities, thus serving its purpose as a beacon of school spirit and culture; a place where the Lions of BTA truly show their pride.

TESTIMONIAL:

“…Rick Jones and Jones Architecture... have served us both by listening attentively to our needs as well as by suggesting innovative new ideas and concepts. Rick Jones is our architect now and for the future because of his company’s responsiveness and expertise. I would enthusiastically and without reservation recommend them to any institution big or small in need of architectural solutions.”

Frank Guerra, Headmaster, Boston Trinity Academy

Master Plan

New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH

VITALS:

Client: New Hampton School. Location: New Hampton, NH. Cost: Confidential.

Completed: 2020-2022. Scope: Planning Studies; Schematic Design through Construction Administration. How Green? Best practices.

Photographs: © William Horne. Team: Rick Jones, Sarah Tarbet, Mary Gillis, Silvia Colpani.

New Hampton School is an independent, college preparatory school for boarding and day students, grades 9-12 and postgraduate. With the acquisition of the neighboring Gordon Nash Library (“GNL”), New Hampton School was presented with a unique opportunity to re-think their library services and explore new program initiatives. Jones was asked to conduct a programming study to adapt the Gordon Nash Library ("GNL") from a community library to a combined school and community resource by injecting program, functions, and the culture of the New Hampton School into this historic building. By doing so, the former library space in the Academic Research Center ("ARC") was made available and envisioned as a home for new programs for innovation, entrepreneurship, and making that will fundamentally reshape the role on campus.

The scope of work includes a programming process with a core team including New Hampton School leadership and librarians, GNL board representation, New Hampton School facilities team, and other key participants. During this process, we developed a matrix of existing program (space type, size, quantity, etc.) and a comparison with a future, speculative proposed program that aligns future growth and program needs.

The resulting GNL project was completed in 2020 and included repurposed spaces to accommodate a more active collaborative study and reading area while preserving interior historic details. Renovations to the ARC are planned for early 2022 and include the transformation of the 2nd level office and library space into a tech-based innovation center. This renovation encourages seamless admin-to-student and student-to-student collaboration.

Master Plan

Proctor Academy, Andover, NH.

VITALS:

Client: Proctor Academy.

Location: Andover, NH.

Cost: n/a.

Completed: 2023.

Scope: Master Plan. How Green? Best Practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Sarah Tarbet, Matt Rowan; Collaborating Firms: Black River Design; Crowley Cottrell.

Proctor Academy has engaged Jones Architecture as prime in collaboration with Black River Design Architects to embark on a master plan looking at future campus development. The team was charged with looking to address deferred maintenance, rethinking faculty housing and dorm capacity, strengthening the connection between day and boarding experiences, and retaining faculty in staff. Additionally, the team is focusing on recasting the "Center of Gravity" as a means of reinvigorating the campus as a whole.

The process has included student, faculty, staff, and parent engagement through on campus workshops and an asynchronous online survey. Many hybrid, remote, and in person meetings over several months have revealed stakeholder concerns and priorities which helped inform options for recommended solutions.

Proctor's focus on experiential learning, leadership, and belonging has greatly influenced outcomes in our proposed plan. The master plan seeks to mimic proctor's motto to "create a diverse living and learning community: one that values the individual and recognizes the potential of each member to stretch beyond what had been thought possible." The team is currently working to identify strategic projects, ranging from campus wide circulation, strategic dorm additions and renovations, and new academic spaces to continue their mission into the future.

White Stadium Master Plan & Implementation

Public Facilities Department, Boston, MA

VITALS:

Client: Public Facilities Department. Location: Boston, MA.

Cost: $90M ECC.

Completed: June 2023 (Study); 2026 (Phased Delivery).

Scope: Assessment and Master Planning Study.

How Green? Best Practice.

Team: Rick Jones, Dan Ollila, Elona Habipi; Michaela Maloney; Mike Proscia, Laura Alvarez-Martin, Greg Burchard.

White Stadium is the headquarters for Boston Public Schools Athletics and is used by many Boston schools for competitive track and field, cross country, football, soccer, and other field sports during the season. The stadium is in need of revitalization to properly host athletic events, handle spectators, and support BPS’s growing staff.

During this study Jones assessed BPS’s athletic field needs, spectator capacity, and administrative space requirements at this site. We documented critical building code, accessibility, and infrastructure requirements that would be needed to modernize the existing grandstands, office space, and locker rooms in the building and tested the building’s capacity for renovation to host new programs. Jones also completed a series of options that studied new buildings and grandstands on the east side of the site which would allow for a drastic expansion of BPS’s current facilities.

We were then tapped to develop demolition and enabling packages for portions of the existing White Stadium. In October 2023 we were selected with our partner JLG Architects, a national sports architecture firm, for the redesign of the east half of White Stadium for Boston Public Schools (the west half is being developed by another firm and focuses on facilities for a national Women’s soccer league). Our goal is to re-envision the facilities to best support Boston’s public school students with modern athletics, community, and

facilities.

Athletics Fields Master Plan & Implementation

Northern Essex Community College, Havehill, MA

VITALS:

Client: Northern Essex Community College. Location: Haverhill, MA. Cost: $8M (budget). Completed: December 2026. Scope: Master Plan; Schematic Design through Construction Administration.

How Green? Best Practice.

Team: Rick Jones, Sarah Tarbet, Zara Silva-Landry; Collaborator: Huntress Sports.

After working with this community college since 2019 when Jones Architecture was awarded a continuing services contract, Jones was engaged to complete a facilities master plan that focuses on using existing campus space more efficiently and effectively while aligning physical planning with the institution’s 2022–2027 Strategic Plan. The study examined both the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses, with a process that engaged more than fifty stakeholders, incorporated classroom utilization studies, and assessed the full building inventory to determine how the built environment can support institutional goals for enrollment growth, student retention, and equity.

As part of this master plan, work on the athletic facilities was identified as a priority. Jones, in partnership with Huntress Associates, Inc., is leading a master plan study to reimagine the athletic fields at the College’s Haverhill campus. The study responds to campus priorities and site challenges, including high groundwater and areas of flooding, while aligning with NECC’s updated $8 million project budget. The current phase of planning explores a comprehensive renovation of the existing athletic complex, which includes baseball, soccer, and track facilities. Early concepts envision a new synthetic turf competition soccer and lacrosse field with a regulation track, upgraded field event zones, and enhanced circulation for athletes and spectators. Improvements to the baseball field and the addition of tennis courts are also under study, reinforcing the fields as a hub for both student life and community use. Recognizing the importance of long-term flexibility, the study also evaluates a phased approach. Future phases would incorporate lighting, spectator grandstands, and press boxes to support game-day experiences and increase the versatility of the fields for college and community events.

Master Plan

New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

VITALS:

Client: New Hampshire Institute of Art.

Location: Manchester, NH.

Cost: Confidential.

Completed: 2018.

Scope: Master Plan.

How Green? Best practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Greg Burchard, Sarah Tarbet. Landscape Architect: Crowley Cottrell.

Established in 1898, the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) is the oldest and largest arts college in New Hampshire. Jones developed a campus master plan to guide future development of their Manchester, NH campus over the next ten years. Goals for the plan included:

• Connect a physically fractured and dispersed campus;

• Build upon the strong sense of community;

• Seek greater diversity;

• Create a stronger sense of identity;

• Become more welcoming;

• Better leverage existing spaces, be more adaptable;

• Provide hang out spaces and amenities;

• Cultivate a stronger relationship with Manchester;

• Embrace the old and new in harmony; and

• Provide sustainable solutions.

Four major projects have been identified as part of the long-term campus master plan workshops.

• A new residence hall, dining hall, and student life complex.

• Renovation and expansion of French Hall to restore the auditorium and balcony and add a new wing to create more studio and teaching space.

• Redesigning or eliminating Hartnett Parking Lot between Victory Park and Lowell Hall to create a new plaza or park “quad.”

• Connect Fuller Hall to the adjacent Manchester Historic Association building to house additional studio, library, and student study spaces as well as a small café.

TESTIMONIAL:

“Rick and his entire team were a joy to work with on our recent campus master planning project. They brought fresh ideas and a wealth of experience from working with their other clients that challenged us to think differently about the problems we were trying to solve and ultimately resulted in a much more imaginative and inspiring plan."

Kent Devereaux, former President & Chief Academic Officer, New Hampshire Institute of Art

Master Plan

Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill & Lawrence, MA

VITALS:

Client: Nothern Essex Community College

Location: Haverhill & Lawrence, MA

Cost: N/A (Study).

Completed: 2025.

Scope: Facilities Master Plan. How Green? Best practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Sarah Tarbet, Zara Silva-Landry.

After working with this community college since 2019 when Jones Architecture was awarded a continuing services contract, Jones was engaged to complete a facilities master plan that focuses on using existing campus space more efficiently and effectively while aligning physical planning with the institution’s 2022–2027 Strategic Plan. The study examined both the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses, with a process that engaged more than fifty stakeholders, incorporated classroom utilization studies, and assessed the full building inventory to determine how the built environment can support institutional goals for enrollment growth, student retention, and equity.

The findings highlight opportunities to make better use of existing resources. Many classrooms are larger than current enrollments require, suggesting potential to resize or reconfigure them for more active and flexible learning. Student services, currently distributed across several buildings, could be brought together to improve visibility and accessibility. Administrative and faculty offices present opportunities for greater adjacency to academic spaces, strengthening collaboration and reinforcing campus identity. Our plan organizes both campuses into clear precincts defined by function and experience. In Haverhill, the academic core will center around primary teaching buildings and the library, with student and administrative services consolidated in a central location more visible to visitors and new students, and athletics anchored by the fitness and recreation facilities. In Lawrence, the strategy establishes one building as the academic hub, another as the primary visitor and student services entry, and a third as a locus for science and partnership programs.

DIMITRY BUILDING SKETCHES

The team included proof of concept sketches for two main buildings: Haverhill’s Bentley Library and Lawrence’s Dimitry Building. A phased implementation framework provides the flexibility to adapt to changing enrollment and funding conditions while aligning the physical environment with NECC’s long-term mission.

Library Feasibility Study

Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

EXISTING PLANNING Potential Space Diagram

A handful of spaces have been identified as potential opportunities. With the exception of the radio station, all of these programs need to be accommodated, but not necessarily in this current location.

VITALS:

Client: Goucher College Location: Baltimore, MD.

Cost: N/A (Study).

Completed: May 2023.

Scope: Feasibility Study. How Green? Best practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Matt Rowan, Kaleigh Stirrat.

An outcome of Goucher College’s recent 15-year campus master plan vision is to renovate their current library (the Athenaeum) so it can better meet the needs of its students. Jones was engaged to help Goucher define their project in terms of goals, programming, and efficient space utilization in the building. The process included extensive constituent interviews, benchmarking peers, potential solution diagrams, and phasing and swing space analysis. The final study produced a number of assessment level planning studies to equip campus operations to obtain preliminary cost estimates for the project and plan accordingly.

Kreitzberg Library Space Study

Norwich University, Northfield, VT

VITALS:

Client: Norwich University.

Location: Northfield, VT.

Cost: $5M (budget).

Completed: 2011, 2012 (studies).

Scope: Planning.

How Green? LEED Silver (campus standard target).

Team: Rick Jones, Rebecca Whidden, Sam Clement.

In Fall 2011, Norwich University asked Jones to conduct a brief mini-master plan for the Kreitzberg Library. While the existing library, completed in 1993, has aged gracefully, much has changed in academic libraries and learning environments since it was conceived. The school realized that many aspects of the library would benefit from an update, including the range of programs offered, the blend of seat types, the technology, and the character of learning environments provided.

The proposed strategies take two approaches: one is incremental, and one is holistic. The former approach provides operational and financial flexibility, allowing the library to update its facility over a number of years, but still within the framework of a long-term vision. The latter approach addresses a number of concerns all at once, and proposes to transform the second floor into an Information Commons housing new furniture, an electronic classroom, and an expanded and relocated Academic Achievement Center.

In Spring 2012, the University approached us about adding an additional program element to the library: the school’s admissions office, currently located elsewhere on campus. To help the school understand the implications of this idea, we produced a revised program document, a series of perspective views, and a revised landscape plan showing potential new campus pathways.

Science, Nursing, and Allied Health Renovations

Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA

VITALS:

Client: Massasoit Community College & Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance.

Location: Brockton, MA.

Cost: $39M (ECC)

Size: 52,000 GSF

Completed: July 2023 (Study); Summer 2026 (Building 1); Summer 2027 (Building 2).

Scope: Programming, Schematic Design through Construction Administration.

How Green? LEED Gold target (Science); LEED Silver target (Allied Health).

Photographs: n/a.

Team: Rick Jones, Marc Perras, Sarah Tarbet, Mary Gillis; Silvia Colpani, Jessie Bennett; Collaborating Architect: Studio Luz Architects.

MA Chapter 149 Public Procurement Process

Jones is currently in construction on $39M comprehensive renovations to the sciences, nursing, and allied health teaching, lab, and administrative programs on the Brockton campus of Massasoit Community College (MCC). The study spans work in two existing buildings totaling 52,000 GSF from the original 1970's era campus. A phased approach, designed to minimize swing space challenges, lines up renovations to each of the two buildings in sequence. The mission of the project is to design an inclusive environment for the Allied Health and Science programs that is forward thinking, highly flexible, and unique to MCC. The programming phase consisted of a feedback process where each step was reviewed in detail and discussed with client stakeholders. The design team built on the collective understanding of the project to generate programming diagrams and tabulations. We’ve also designed a multi-phase engagement process to help build trust with the community and ultimately “design with” rather than “design for.” We started in the project’s study phase and conducted another round in schematic design using online surveys, in-person conversations via open houses, sticky notes, and yes/no votes. The result will be state of the art teaching and lab spaces for nursing, allied health, radiation tech, and general science courses. The project also included a full roof replacement and partial envelope upgrades, modernizing the building’s facade while improving energy efficiency. As the Prime Architect/AOR, Jones collaborated with Studio Luz Architects to develop new interior design and campus wayfinding standards, which will be implemented across the rest of the campus.

Ball Hall Renewal

UMass-Lowell, Lowell, MA

VITALS:

Client: UMass-Lowell & University of Massachusetts Building Authority.

Location: Lowell, MA.

Cost: $15M (Phase 1).

Completed: May 2023 (Study); 2026 (Phase 1); remainder of work (ON HOLD).

Scope: Feasibility Study; Programming and Schematic Design; Design Development through Construction Administration (Phase 1). How Green? Best Practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Greg Burchard, Bill Jacob, Elona Habipi, Mike Orhman; Page/ (Lab Planning Consultant).

Jones worked with the UMass Building Authority and UMass-Lowell to study space needs for the engineering programs housed in Ball Hall on the north campus. A four-story mid-century 100,000 SF building, constructed in 1958, that adjoins the original campus quad, Ball Hall has extensive deferred maintenance needs that need to be addressed to bring it up to par with other campus resources.

Our initial efforts consisted of a feasibility study, programming and schematic design to modernize classrooms, labs and lecture halls — it also included exploring the renovation of the building envelope and MEP infrastructure. The program housed in this building includes general purpose classrooms, departmental offices, and teaching and research labs for Plastics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

We initially completed a feasibility study phase where the design team looked at a 10 year plan to renew Ball Hall. With budget restrictions only phase one was approved for implementation will be approximately $15M estimated construction cost and will focus on infrastructure (electrical systems and loading dock) and the renovation of a 400-seat auditorium.

Future of Work Program

DCAMM, Boston and Chelsea Locations (various), MA

VITALS:

Client: DCAMM.

Location: Boston and Chelsea, MA.

Cost: Varies.

Completed: Ongoing Currently.

Scope: Planning Studies

Programming.

How Green? Best practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Sarah Tarbet, Dan Ollila, Elona Habipi, Jake Springer.

SF: 2,500- 400,000 GSF

Jones was hired as one of five architects in late 2019 to develop a "future of work" program for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This program was to look at the 2030 horizon and plan for what the workplace would be for state agencies. With the pandemic emerging in early 2020, this program went on hold. As we restarted in late summer/fall 2020, the target had shifted to a 2022 horizon.

For the preceding six months, all state agencies had been working remotely. This was an opportunity to accelerate the future of work program and reconsider how people work and how the Commonwealth delivers services to the residents of Massachusetts. The challenge from the Governor's office to our team was to re-think the workplace and reduce in-person day-to-day occupancy to 50% by advancing remote and hybrid workplace strategies. This presents an opportunity to divest of leaseholds on expensive space in downtown Boston, consolidate footprints of program in owned properties, provide more flexible solutions for employees, and potentially provide better service.

Since that time, our design team has been working with the Department of Revenue and Department of Labor, Workforce, and Development to evaluate the needs of over 3000 employees, spread across five properties in Boston and Chelsea. These programming, planning, and feasibility studies range from relocating employees to existing desks, to furniture replacement, to small scale renovations, and full-gut renovations.

Tufts Technology Services Reorganization Planning Study

Tufts University, Medford, MA

VITALS:

Client: Tufts University.

Location: Medford, MA.

Cost: Confidential.

Completed: 2015.

Scope: Programming.

How Green? Best Practices.

Team: Rick Jones, Matt Rowan.

The goal of the Tufts Technology Services (“TTS”) planning study is to develop recommendations for physically transforming the existing IT work environments across the university in response to the recent integration. The scope includes ten directorates with 240 people across ten buildings and three campuses (Medford, Boston, and Grafton).

TTS wants to create vibrant, exciting work places that encourage productive engagement with clients and enables collaboration and innovation across the directorates, while also supporting the recruitment and retention of excellent IT staff. Jones documented existing conditions, surveyed directorates and staff, and is making space consolidation and adjacency recommendations to best facilitate a variety of work processes as well as integrating new technology solutions to create an environment of integration and collaboration. We are leveraging under-utilized circulation spaces to provide more common collaboration areas while also taking into account the variety of work cultures that can be found across the different directorates and teams found within TTS. Within our deliverable we have created a variety of scalar solutions, in both implementation time and scope of architectural intervention that TTS can use to meet both short-term personnel moves, while simultaneously working towards long-term cultural goals of fully integrating certain teams.

Campus Decarbonization Master Planning

Heating Energy Master Plan, Repair & Replacement / Salem State University Salem, MA

Completed: 2016

Jones and the engineer evaluated reusing and upgrading the current centralized campus steam infrastructure, verses a decentralized system as options for the future of the North Campus heating demands over a 5-20 year period.

Decarbonization Roadmap / Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA

Completed: July 2023 (Study)

This Decarbonization Study evaluates the cost of taking the entire campus off of fossil fuels which has been mandated for state owned buildings by Executive Order 594. The engineer looked at multiple electrical and geothermal strategies against a baseline of fossil field equipment allowed by code, and determined that this project is a perfect candidate for geothermal energy due to the compactness of the campus and relatively low cost of underground infrastructure. If funding is not available, an all electrical system will be designed.

Steam to Hot Water Conversion & Building Envelope Study / Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Completed: December 2020

Jones served as a consultant to prime RFS Engineering for this study of multiple buildings across Dartmouth College's campus to evaluate converting the campus heating system to hot water. The study encompassed potential envelope updates, energy saving methods, and architectural modifications to facilitate the change from steam-based infrastructure to a more efficient hot water system. Our role was to evaluate space needs related to this transition and overall building envelope opportunities and challenges. Follow-on execution of projects include Rollins Chapel (2023) and the Science Complex (ongoing/DD phase).

Decarbonization Master Plan / Choate

Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT

Completed: 2024

Jones served as a consultant to prime Salas O'Brien to analyze buildings and systems on this historic boarding school campus. Salas O'Brien looked at a 4-district geothermal solution to bring energy efficiency to the campus in the most cost-effective and least disruptive way. Jones looked at the envelope of each building to advise what alterations could be done to increase the thermal efficiency to allow for the right-sizing of equipment. Walls, roofs, and windows were analyzed for each building (construction dates ranging from 1700 to 2019).

North Energy Exchange Center / UMassAmherst, Amherst, MA

2026 (Target)

Working with our MEP engineering partner (RFS Engineering), Jones is providing architectural support for the installation of new equipment in the existing building to incorporate geothermal energy into the north part of the UMass Amherst campus. A new loft will be installed at the second level to house additional new mechanical equipment including pumps. We are working with the structural engineer and remainder of the design team to detail this loft to ensure the platform is properly coordinated and detailed to be a seamless addition to the building.

Campus Accessibility Master Planning & Upgrades

Campus Accessibility Master Plan / Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA

Completed: 2020

As part of our house doctor contract with Massasoit Community College, Jones completed accessibility upgrades across 37,000 GSF at the Brockton, MA campus, we managed a team of consultants and worked directly with DCAMM experts to identify and modify areas of greatest need on campus, increasing the ease of circulation for those with and without mobility issues.

Campus Accessibility Master Plan / Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA

Completed: 2020

This project touched 47,000 SF of exterior space to provide access to five of the campus’s main buildings and includes the Campus Restroom and Landscape Accessibility Project. The project removes concrete stairs and concrete ramps in disrepair that previously served as the site circulation. The new walks are less than 5% in most areas allowing for ease of access to some of the campus’s most critical programs and services. Reduced paving, diversity of planting, and open-air storm water management highlighting Cape Cod’s native landscape.

Surprenant Hall and Hebert Auditorium

Accessibility Upgrades & Critical Repairs / Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA

Completed: 2024

The project included much needed accessibility and MEP-FP upgrades throughout the building, consisting of classrooms, offices, a 530-seat auditorium, and lobby space. All existing restrooms were renovated to comply with accessibility requirements and new restrooms were also provided. Challenges to accessibility in the auditorium and dressing rooms led to the design of a 4,000 GSF addition which provides new rehearsal spaces, dressing rooms for the performing arts programs, as well as an accessible path to the stage and front-of-house for more evenly distributed accessible seating.

Sullivan Hall Upper Quad Accessibility Improvements / Salem State University, Salem, MA

Completed: 2024

The project includes new ADA-compliant “rear” entrances for both the Sullivan Hall and Horace-Mann buildings which face the Quad, the predominant direction of approach from campus for students and staff. The removal of a legacy coal vault under the parking behind Sullivan Hall allowed the team to create new accessible masonry stairs and ramps, new pathways, plantings, stormwater management, site furniture, lighting, and a new outdoor "Commuter Hub" with bicycle parking and a shuttle stop.

Central Campus Core / Norwich University, Northfield, VT

Completed: 2019

Our master planning in 2010 followed a robust programming process and led to recommended renovations of three existing buildings and the addition of a new building (Mack Hall) to accommodate more contemporary program elements. After a three year hiatus for fund-raising, the project restarted in earnest in 2014 with design of all projects simultaneously. Across the three renovations, over 45% of teaching spaces campus-wide were renovated. Stitched together by a $7M landscape and infrastructure package, these four buildings and the associated Central Quad have reinvigorated the historic academic core of campus.

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House Doctor / Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2012

Since October 2012, Jones has been working with Northeastern University to assist with small project studies and renovations. We have completed over 200 planning assessments ranging in size from 200-10,000 GSF; and over 150 design and construction projects ranging in size from 200-10,000 GSF, across multiple buildings varying in age and use. Project types encompass faculty offices, administrative offices and areas, student collaboration/ support/lounge areas, lobbies, meeting/conference/function spaces, labs, engineering makerspaces, athletics locker rooms/ shower facilities, and residence director apartments.

House Doctor / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2013

Since January 2013, Jones has been working on MIT’s campus on a regular basis supporting their Facilities and Project Management team with over 100 small projects in over 30 buildings across campus. Project types include office suites, administrative areas, student collaboration/support/lounge areas, classrooms, production studio, server rooms, music practice rooms, retail areas, labs, entry lobbies, among other programs.

House Doctor / Salem State University, Salem, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2016

Jones has been working with SSU on over 25 renovation projects Projects include: Heating Energy Masterplan Study, Repair & Replacement, where we evaluated reusing and upgrading the current centralized campus steam infrastructure, verses a decentralized system as options for the future of the North Campus heating demands over a 5-20 year period; full roof replacements; lab upgrades; remediation work; and athletics studies; among other projects.

House Doctor / UMass-Amherst, Amherst, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2020

As part of an on-call contract, we have been working with UMass Amherst on projects such as Whitmore Hall Study (explored ways to create a stronger building presence on campus and restructure administrative services to better support students; Mullins Center Men’s Hockey Suite renovation; Football Performance Center & Boyden Hall training center renovations; and the Newman Center Study (examined the possibility of moving the Enrollment Management group and included ways to modernize the building systems to meet Massachusetts decarbonization goals).

House Doctor / UMass-Lowell, Lowell, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2018

As part of our on-call contract, we have been working with UMass Lowell on multiple planning studies and renovations, including: the Cold Spray Lab Study; the Advanced Manufacturing Lab Study; the Main Quad IT Master Plan; Ball Hall Information Technology Up-grades; and renovations for the Lyophilizer Lab; Alumni Hall modernization; Kitson Hall Civil Engineering office space and student collaborative spaces; and Perry Hall 404/Fraunhofer Center Lab.

House Doctor / Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA

Completed: Varies/multiple projects since 2019

In 2019, Jones Architecture was awarded a house doctor contract with NECC. Projects include multiple paving, parking, and walkway accessibility upgrades, restroom accessibility upgrades, and a programming study for their student service offerings within the Student Center.