The second is scheduled for delivery in 2020. This is the company’s first major development in the city and, so far, only the first phase of the new waterfront community has been completed. Less than a month ago, Lendlease held the official opening ceremony for Clippership Wharf, a mixed-use project in East Boston that has been years in the making. “Things that were once perceived as roadblocks became opportunities on this project,” he says.A Project for the Next 100 Years: Clippership WharfĬlippership Wharf, a project that challenged the norms of planning for the sake of sustainability and climate resilience. He adds that Clippership’s elevated public spaces provide improved visibility of the harbor, the city skyline and sunsets. Openings were designed through the buildings to provide visibility of the harbor from the street. Stebbins says the design included ramps and berms that flowed from existing neighborhood walkways to elevated portions of the site, as a way to improve public access. “The city had never seen a project try to provide public space on an elevated platform,” he adds. He says the city was initially concerned that the raised site might appear to block access. The city requires portions of the waterfront to be publicly accessible. From the Harborwalk, the community can access the site’s public amenities, including a large amphitheater, a dog park and two onsite docks used for kayaking, water taxis or public docking.Īndrew Stebbins, senior project manager with the Architectural Team, the lead design firm, says public space was a major consideration. The project also accommodates a new section of the 43-mile Boston Harborwalk, which connects neighborhoods along the harbor. McGee says crews that installed the marsh plantings often had to schedule shifts around the tides, since tides in the harbor can fluctuate by 10 ft in elevation. “It’s the first time in modern city history that a project on the harbor has created an intertidal zone with the pure intention of celebrating the tidal fluctuations with the plant communities and the wildlife habitat that it brings,” says Rob Adams, principal landscape architect at Halvorson Design. The zone transitions from salt marsh grasses to a “coastal field” with plantings such as red fescue, butterfly weed and switch grasses. At high tide, water is approximately 12 ft from the edge of building structures, while low tide can take the water out to about 180 ft from the development. While neighboring developments use seawalls, the intertidal portion of the site instead uses a series of salt marsh terraces that bracket daily tides. The site features 1,700 linear ft of harbor front, including an intertidal zone that serves as a living shoreline. Those two aims were not conflicting and helped push us to the right solution.”Ĭlippership Wharf, which won ENR New England’s Project of the Year, is not only built to be resilient against future sea level rise, the project on East Boston’s waterfront also transformed an underutilized area. The remediation goal of having less exposure to contaminated soils also suggested that we raise the site. “The resilient solution suggested we raise the site as high as we could. Nick Iselin, general manager for Boston development at LendLease, says the strategy helped solve two main issues: concerns about future sea-level rise and the expense of excavating portions of the site, which would require removal and proper disposal of contaminated soils. The project also broke norms along the harbor by creating an intertidal area that allows the tides to move in and out of the site naturally, rather than holding them back with seawalls. What makes the development unique is its response to future sea-level rise, setting residential entrances at 14 ft above mean high tide, well above FEMA guidelines. Completed in March 2021, Clippership Wharf features a mix of four residential buildings with 478 residential units on the upper floors and a mix of residential, retail, public and recreational spaces on the main level. LEAD DESIGN FIRM: The Architectural Team ENGINEERS: Cates Engineering (Structural) Nitsch Engineering (Civil) WSP USA (MEP) LANDSCAPE DESIGNER: Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio SUBCONTRACTORS: Sunrise Erectors (Facade) S&F Concrete AA Will (Foundations) East Coast Interiors (Wood Structure) Jantile (Stone and Tile)Īfter three decades lying vacant, a 14-acre former industrial site along the harbor in East Boston is not only home to a vibrant mixed-use community, it’s setting new standards for resilient and sustainable development. East Boston Region: ENR New England Residential/Hospitality DEVELOPER: Lendlease Development GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Lendlease (US) Construction LMB Inc. Clippership Wharf | Submitted by Lendlease (US) Construction LMB Inc.
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