Chestnut Hill School

Chestnut Hill, MA

This project was programmed planned and design by Alberto Salvatore while working at another architectural firm in Boston. The scope of work for this project included adding space for arts and science classrooms, as well as a multi- use physical education/theater space, to a school that offered pre-school to sixth grade education. This was to be accomplished on a tight site in an affluent historic district outside of Boston, MA. The resulting project included arts and science classrooms with a continuous skylight on the lower level allowing natural light to enhance the classroom spaces and a gym above that embraced a retracting proscenium stage for musical and theatrical performances.

Chestnut Hill School - Gym/ Performing Arts Center

Design of this facility in a historic district shaped the siting and design of this project.

Gym/Performing Arts space in a historical building envelope

Creating the required spaces for these functions, for both interior and exterior activities within the purview of the historic commission set clear boundries for the development of this project.

Multi-use space - Gym

Functional requirements for children from pre-school to the 6th grade created the parameters for spaces created.

Multi-use space - Performance

A retractable proscenium stage opens to allow performances to have a more appropriate presentation.