Ganek Architects, Inc

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Distrigas of Massachusetts is a division of Belgium based GDF Suez Gas NA. Located at the Everett Marine Terminal, Distrigas operates the longest servicing LNG import and re-gasification facility in the United States. GAI was asked to design a 6500 SF Visitors' Center to accommodate tour groups of company officials as well as local and foreign dignitaries. The building includes a reception/lobby area where visitor's are greeted and introduced to corporate security; a large conference room providing meeting and training facilities; and a large roof deck offering dramatic views of the Distrigas campus as well as the Boston skyline. The building's imagery includes references to the large LNG tanks and their exposed steel gantries that are just yards away. The new building sits on the 200,000 SF site of a former warehouse. Upon completion of the full landscape design (Radner Design Associates, Landscape Architects), where once stood a rusting nearly 5 acre industrial building, will grow rolling mounds of native grasses and flowers, a green oasis in the midst of the historically heavily industrialized site. - - - - - - This High-Tech telecommunications company’s corporate offices need to reflect a progressive culture based on open and impromptu communication between staff members. The new space occupies an odd shaped 40,000 SF floor plate with a tight 20 foot column grid. The open plan design solution offers multiple circulation routes through the work stations. This design also allows easy visual and acoustical access across the entire office. Straight, centrally located circulation axes encourages direct movement and orientation across the floor. Regularly spaced, glass-walled elliptical and round conference rooms provide the high number of requested conference room seats. Natural light from perimeter windows penetrates the entire space. A new hexagonal furniture system readily conforms to the tight geometry of the building, affording maximum efficiency within the irregular wall angles. Barry Ganek, AIA LEED-AP Architect of Record Ganek Baer Architects, Incorporated

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