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	Oak Square Teen Center With grants from New Balance and CEDAC’s Child Care Development Fund, the Oak Square YMCA wanted to provide its teens with their own separate space. On the same site as the YMCA, a small utilitarian building that once belonged to the transit authority was ideally suited for this goal. Structurally sound, complete interior renovations and the creation of an identifiable new entrance was also required to complete the conversion of the building into the new Teen Center.
	Old Colony Teen Center The goal of this project was to provide accessibility for the disabled to all public spaces at this family housing development. The Teen Center, the Girls Center, the Senior Center, the Maintenance Office, and the Task Force Office were identified as requiring modifications for accommodation. The Girls and Senior Centers were relocated to vacated first floor apartment units where an entrance ramp was added. The Teen Center and the Task Force Office, located in the same building, required a new wheelchair lift, reconfigured stairways, new bathrooms, and conversion of some basement space. At the Maintenance Office, a new entrance ramp was added and bathroom and locker spaces were reconfigured. Select a view Top | Bottom
	YMCA Youth Center The Greater Boston YMCA Youth Center provides a range of programs including day care, early education, and after school care for which its facilities were totally inadequate. This project upgraded the center to meet current life safety and handicapped codes, as well as, the Office of Children regulations. At the same time, the center was re-designed for better efficiency and to meet the various programmatic needs of different age groups. Finally, new finishes and color selections were selected to enliven the spaces. The project was partially funded by a Child Care Development grant from CEDAC.
	Brookline Head Start Approximately 4,000 SF of the basement of a high rise family housing development was renovated for use as a child care center. A Head Start program and an Early Intervention program share the space. The challenge was to design an educational space for young children while working within the constraints of Office of Children regulations, current building codes, a limited budget, and a maze of existing mechanical systems. Existing services were relocated to the center structural bay and along the exterior concrete walls to free up the interior space for open classrooms. Light fixtures designed to simulate windows were located at children's eye level. Other lighting was introduced to provide a variety of lighting options and levels of illumination. Flooring materials were selected to accommodate a variety of activities. Colors were selected to reinforce the spatial design and enliven the space. Select a view Before | After
Child Care Facilities Projects include day care centers, homework centers, after school facilities, and pre-schools. Most have involved creative re-design and/or re-use of existing spaces. Examples are the Moreland Street After School Center, the Waltham Day Care Center, Trustman Apartments Homework Center, High Street Homework Center, and the Beal Early Learning Center.

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