BIOMASS INFRASTRUCTURE

OLVER TRANSIT CENTER

OLVER TRANSIT CENTER
GREENFIELD, MA
2012

The transit center’s busway cuts through a newly planted forest of native beeches, hornbeams, and oaks. Only a quarter of the site could be planted, so GV created a dense, unremitting plant pattern, to create the feeling that surfaces and structures were carved from an established landscape. Plant areas will evolve from even geometries to wilder, layered densities.

Boston Society of Architects Honor Award

architect: Charles Rose Architects
civil engineer: Nitsch Engineering
mechanical engineer: Arup

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